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Day of marriage August 3, 1933

• The temperature on August 3, 1933 was between 10.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
  • March 4 » Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States.
  • March 5 » Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
  • June 16 » The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
  • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
  • October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

Day of death June 19, 1955

• The temperature on June 19, 1955 was between 8.2 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
  • June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
  • November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
  • December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  • December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
• 1953 » Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1962 » Frank Borzage, American film director and actor (b. 1894)