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Day of marriage July 15, 1936

• The temperature on July 15, 1936 was between 12.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 33.8 mm of rain during 12.6 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). 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 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.
  • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
  • August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

Day of death April 28, 1985

• The temperature on April 28, 1985 was between 1.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
  • March 17 » Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
  • May 13 » Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
  • June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
  • August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
  • October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)
• 1987 » Ben Linder, American engineer and activist (b. 1959)
• 1991 » Steve Broidy, American film producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Francis Bacon, Irish painter (b. 1909)