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Day of marriage June 4, 1921

• The temperature on June 4, 1921 was between 15.1 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
  • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
  • September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
  • October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
  • October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
  • November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

Day of death March 5, 1976

• The temperature on March 5, 1976 was between -2.8 and 3.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
  • March 24 » In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
  • May 21 » Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California.
  • July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
  • July 21 » Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
  • July 28 » The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
• 1974 » Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1974 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)