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Day of marriage April 26, 1934

• The temperature on April 26, 1934 was between 7.1 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
  • January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
  • July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
  • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.

Day of death October 16, 1983

• The temperature on October 16, 1983 was between 8.3 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
  • March 23 » Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
  • April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
  • May 17 » The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2million pounds [1.9kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
  • July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
  • December 19 » The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921)