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Day of marriage May 15, 1931

• The temperature on May 15, 1931 was between 10.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
  • March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death August 26, 1979

• The temperature on August 26, 1979 was between 9.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
  • February 26 » The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
  • June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
  • September 29 » The dictator Francisco Macias of Equatorial Guinea is shot by soldiers from Western Sahara.
  • October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
  • November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator, created Curious George (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1978 » José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1980 » Rosa Albach-Retty, German-Austrian actress (b. 1874)
• 1980 » Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (b. 1908)