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Day of marriage February 7, 1924

• The temperature on February 7, 1924 was between 1.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
  • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
  • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

Day of death April 14, 1985

• The temperature on April 14, 1985 was between 5.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
  • March 3 » A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
  • May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
  • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • September 19 » Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
  • November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
• 1986 » Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Olabisi Onabanjo, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ogun State (b. 1927)
• 1990 » Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931)