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Day of marriage September 29, 1938

• The temperature on September 29, 1938 was between 14.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 19.7 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
  • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
  • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
  • September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

Day of death February 4, 1988

• The temperature on February 4, 1988 was between 3.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
  • July 31 » Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
  • September 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
  • December 13 » PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Karen Carpenter, American singer (b. 1950)
• 1987 » Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist, (b. 1919)
• 1987 » Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956)
• 1990 » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
• 1992 » John Dehner, American actor (b. 1915)