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Day of marriage August 2, 1924

• The temperature on August 2, 1924 was between 13.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
  • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
  • June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
  • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
  • October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
  • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

Day of death June 19, 1985

• The temperature on June 19, 1985 was between 9.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
  • February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
  • February 19 » William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
  • April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
  • July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
  • December 8 » The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Anya Phillips, Chinese-American band manager and co-founder of the Mudd Club (b. 1955)
• 1984 » Lee Krasner, American painter and educator (b. 1908)
• 1986 » Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
• 1987 » Margaret Carver Leighton, American author (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1988 » Gladys Spellman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1918)