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Day of marriage April 8, 1916

• The temperature on April 8, 1916 was between 2.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

Day of death April 5, 1986

• The temperature on April 5, 1986 was between -1.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
  • March 15 » Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
  • April 26 » A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
  • April 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
  • June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
  • October 5 » Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (b. 1920)
• 1989 » Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895)