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Day of marriage December 3, 1921

• The temperature on December 3, 1921 was between -8.9 °C and -2.0 °C and averaged -6.3 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
  • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
  • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
  • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
  • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

Day of death April 19, 1993

• The temperature on April 19, 1993 was between 7.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
  • February 26 » World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
  • February 28 » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
  • April 24 » An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
  • September 22 » A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
  • November 17 » In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1993 » David Koresh, American religious leader (b. 1959)
• 1993 » George S. Mickelson, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)