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Day of marriage May 8, 1920

• The temperature on May 8, 1920 was between 5.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
  • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  • March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
  • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
  • May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

Day of death September 24, 1985

• The temperature on September 24, 1985 was between 9.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
  • January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
  • February 19 » Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
  • April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
  • June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
  • June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (b. 1906)
• 1982 » Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)
• 1984 » Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (b. 1904)