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Day of marriage May 16, 1931

• The temperature on May 16, 1931 was between 10.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). 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 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
  • March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
  • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
  • August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

Day of death October 30, 1998

• The temperature on October 30, 1998 was between 3.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 4 » A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
  • January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
  • February 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
  • April 20 » Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.
  • October 29 » ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.
  • December 31 » The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » John Young, Scottish actor (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (b. 1894)
• 1999 » Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (b. 1933)
• 2000 » Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (b. 1921)
• 2002 » Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)