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Day of marriage April 22, 1938

• The temperature on April 22, 1938 was between 0.2 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  • April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
  • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death August 16, 2005

• The temperature on August 16, 2005 was between 10.0 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
  • February 14 » YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
  • August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
  • August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
  • October 12 » The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
  • November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
• 2004 » Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2005 » Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
• 2005 » William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)