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Day of marriage June 23, 1922

• The temperature on June 23, 1922 was between 11.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
  • June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
  • July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
  • November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
  • December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.

Day of death December 3, 1971

• The temperature on December 3, 1971 was between -0.6 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
  • February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
  • April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
  • July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
  • October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
  • November 27 » The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
• 1972 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
• 1973 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)