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Day of marriage September 9, 1920

• The temperature on September 9, 1920 was between 5.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
  • January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
  • April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  • August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

Day of death April 4, 1971

• The temperature on April 4, 1971 was between 5.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
  • February 21 » The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
  • March 26 » East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
  • April 19 » Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.
  • August 5 » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
  • September 20 » Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)
• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)