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Day of marriage January 13, 1938

• The temperature on January 13, 1938 was between 2.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 17.2 mm of rain during 13.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
  • June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
  • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.

Day of death November 30, 1967

• The temperature on November 30, 1967 was between -1.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
  • April 27 » Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
  • June 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
  • July 29 » During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
  • August 25 » George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.
  • December 17 » Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and educator (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1967 » Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)
• 1977 » Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)