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Day of marriage May 7, 1938

• The temperature on May 7, 1938 was between -0.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). 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)
• 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 year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
  • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Day of death May 2, 1977

• The temperature on May 2, 1977 was between 1.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
  • August 12 » The Sri Lanka Riots:, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
  • October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
  • October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.
  • October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
  • December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1980 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)