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Day of marriage October 22, 1921

• The temperature on October 22, 1921 was between 3.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
  • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
  • July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
  • October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.

Day of death December 24, 1978

• The temperature on December 24, 1978 was between -1.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
  • January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
  • February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
  • March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)
• 1982 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)