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Day of marriage July 2, 1936

• The temperature on July 2, 1936 was between 10.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
  • May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
  • July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
  • August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.

Day of death August 24, 1987

• The temperature on August 24, 1987 was between 10.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
  • May 3 » A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
  • June 12 » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
  • July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
  • July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
  • October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)
• 1990 » Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941)