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Day of marriage May 27, 1930

• The temperature on May 27, 1930 was between 9.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
  • February 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
  • April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
  • April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
  • April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
  • August 16 » The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.

Day of death September 2, 1983

• The temperature on September 2, 1983 was between 15.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
  • September 12 » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
  • October 9 » South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
  • November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
• 1985 » Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 1985 » M. Alalasundaram, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
• 1985 » V. Dharmalingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1918)