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Day of marriage October 5, 1936

• The temperature on October 5, 1936 was between 1.9 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
  • October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
  • November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
  • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Day of death November 19, 1980

• The temperature on November 19, 1980 was between 3.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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)
• 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, 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 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
  • January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
  • March 23 » Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
  • July 1 » "O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
  • September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
  • October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Elizabeth Taylor (novelist), English novelist, (b. 1912)
• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Rudolf Kinau, Low German writer (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)