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Day of marriage March 31, 1932

• The temperature on March 31, 1932 was between 6.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
  • June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
  • June 24 » A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
  • July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
  • September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
  • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.

Day of death August 16, 2007

• The temperature on August 16, 2007 was between 12.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
  • February 10 » Then Illinois senator Barack Obama announces his candidacy for president in the 2008 elections, which he later goes on to win.
  • March 7 » The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
  • March 14 » The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal results in the deaths of at least 14 people.
  • April 25 » Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
  • June 30 » A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2008 » Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
• 2008 » Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)