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Christening day March 18, 1923

• The temperature on March 18, 1923 was between -0.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
  • June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
  • June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
  • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
  • September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
  • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.

Day of marriage May 15, 1946

• The temperature on May 15, 1946 was between -0.4 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
  • February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
  • June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
  • September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
  • October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
  • December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

Day of death March 4, 1978

• The temperature on March 4, 1978 was between 3.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
  • June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
  • June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
  • July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
  • October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
  • November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
• 1977 » Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
• 1977 » William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1978 » Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
• 1978 » Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)