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Day of marriage February 17, 1927

• The temperature on February 17, 1927 was between 4.4 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
  • January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.

Day of death March 27, 1998

• The temperature on March 27, 1998 was between 8.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavor launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • January 26 » Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
  • March 2 » Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
  • May 26 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
  • June 4 » Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
  • October 31 » Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Ella Maillart, Swiss skier, sailor, field hockey player, and photographer (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Lane Dwinell, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1906)
• 1998 » David McClelland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (b. 1946)
• 2000 » George Allen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1942)