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Day of marriage August 11, 1927

• The temperature on August 11, 1927 was between 12.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
  • May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.

Day of death October 26, 2003

• The temperature on October 26, 2003 was between -1.6 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
  • August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
  • October 26 » The Cedar Fire, the third-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000km), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
  • November 22 » England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.
  • December 13 » Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
  • December 24 » The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50kg of explosives at 3:55p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Sally Hoyt Spofford, American ornithologist (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)
• 2005 » George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958)