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Day of marriage May 19, 1933

• The temperature on May 19, 1933 was between 6.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• 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 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
  • March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
  • March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
  • April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
  • September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
  • October 17 » Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

Day of death January 10, 1998

• The temperature on January 10, 1998 was between 4.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
  • March 4 » Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
  • August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
  • October 29 » The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
  • November 9 » A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
  • November 19 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.

Source: Wikipedia

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