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Day of marriage May 19, 1926

• The temperature on May 19, 1926 was between 0.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
  • March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
  • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
  • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

Day of death November 28, 1977

• The temperature on November 28, 1977 was between -4.5 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
  • June 10 » James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
  • July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
  • September 13 » General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
  • October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
  • December 18 » United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
• 1973 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (b.1890)
• 1976 » Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902)