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Day of marriage April 30, 1929

• The temperature on April 30, 1929 was between 3.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 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 year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
  • May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
  • May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
  • June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
  • July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
  • September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

Day of death June 21, 1988

• The temperature on June 21, 1988 was between 10.4 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
  • August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Hector Boyardee, Italian-American chef and businessman, founded Chef Boyardee (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Assi Rahbani, Lebanese singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Madman Muntz, American engineer and businessman, founded the Muntz Car Company (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Bobby Dodd, American football coach (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Cedric Belfrage, English journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (b. 1904)
• 1990 » June Christy, American singer (b. 1925)