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Day of marriage May 16, 1924

• The temperature on May 16, 1924 was between 6.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
  • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
  • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

Day of death April 12, 1977

• The temperature on April 12, 1977 was between 1.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
  • March 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
  • July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
  • August 17 » The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
  • September 13 » General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
  • November 6 » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
• 1980 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)