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Day of marriage July 22, 1939

• The temperature on July 22, 1939 was between 13.7 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 5 » Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
  • March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
  • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
  • October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
  • November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

Day of death February 10, 1981

• The temperature on February 10, 1981 was between 0.4 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
  • May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
  • June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
  • July 19 » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
  • August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
  • September 15 » The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (b. 1945)