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Day of marriage October 22, 1938

• The temperature on October 22, 1938 was between 4.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

Day of death November 26, 2006

• The temperature on November 26, 2006 was between 7.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • March 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
  • June 5 » Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
  • July 31 » Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
  • August 20 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
  • November 15 » Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
  • November 27 » The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1951)
• 2006 » Dave Cockrum, American author and illustrator (b. 1943)
• 2006 » Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
• 2006 » Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host and producer (b. 1933)