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Day of marriage May 4, 1939

• The temperature on May 4, 1939 was between 1.1 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
  • February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
  • March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
  • June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
  • August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
  • December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Day of death September 2, 1994

• The temperature on September 2, 1994 was between 13.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
  • April 27 » South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
  • May 18 » Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.
  • June 27 » Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
  • October 29 » Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton.
  • November 30 » MSAchille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (b. 1937)
• 1991 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1996 » Paddy Clift, Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1953)
• 1997 » Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (b. 1902)
• 1997 » Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)