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Day of marriage December 15, 1928

• The temperature on December 15, 1928 was between -1.8 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Day of death November 14, 1992

• The temperature on November 14, 1992 was between 1.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
  • March 22 » Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
  • June 17 » A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
  • October 27 » United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
  • November 25 » The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
  • December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach and scout (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
• 1994 » Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
• 1995 » Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)