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Day of marriage February 5, 1938

• The temperature on February 5, 1938 was between 0.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
  • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

Day of death April 10, 1997

• The temperature on April 10, 1997 was between 0.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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, 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 year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 27 » The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
  • June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
  • July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
  • August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
  • November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
  • December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1924)
• 1995 » Morarji Desai, Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)
• 1997 » Michael Dorris, American author and academic (b. 1945)
• 1998 » Seraphim of Athens, Greek archbishop (b. 1913)
• 1999 » Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Jean Vander Pyl, American actress and voice artist (b. 1919)