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Day of marriage April 30, 1931

• The temperature on April 30, 1931 was between 6.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
  • July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

Day of death February 13, 2001

• The temperature on February 13, 2001 was between 1.0 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
  • September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • September 17 » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
  • October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
  • November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
  • December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

Day of burial February 16, 2001

• The temperature on February 16, 2001 was between -1.6 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
  • September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
  • September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • October 8 » A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Anders Aalborg, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1914)
• 2000 » James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (b. 1921)
• 2000 » John Leake, English soldier (b. 1949)
• 2002 » Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
• 2003 » Kid Gavilán, Cuban-American boxer (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Walt Whitman Rostow, American economist; 7th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1916)