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Day of marriage April 9, 1932

• The temperature on April 9, 1932 was between 1.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
  • May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
  • December 18 » The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.
  • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

Day of death March 29, 2006

• The temperature on March 29, 2006 was between 6.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • July 9 » One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
  • August 11 » The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
  • August 22 » Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
  • August 27 » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
  • October 22 » A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum.
  • November 19 » Nintendo's first video game console with motion control, the Wii, is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
• 2004 » Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero (b. 1905)
• 2005 » Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author and poet (b. 1932)
• 2007 » Larry L'Estrange, English rugby player and soldier (b. 1934)