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Day of marriage May 17, 1934

• The temperature on May 17, 1934 was between 2.6 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
  • April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
  • May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
  • July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
  • October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
  • December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

Day of death June 2, 2006

• The temperature on June 2, 2006 was between 5.8 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (72%). 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
  • March 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
  • April 17 » A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
  • May 27 » The 6.4 M_w  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
  • July 30 » The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
  • October 2 » Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (b. 1950)
• 2006 » Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (b. 1952)
• 2007 » Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949)