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Day of marriage May 13, 1922

• The temperature on May 13, 1922 was between 0.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
  • June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
  • November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  • November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
  • December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.
  • December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

Day of death December 31, 1993

• The temperature on December 31, 1993 was between 2.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 3 » In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
  • January 5 » The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
  • January 14 » In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved.
  • August 7 » Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • September 9 » Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
  • November 11 » A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1990 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 1993 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)