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Day of marriage January 22, 1938

• The temperature on January 22, 1938 was between -1.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
  • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
  • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

Day of death August 24, 2000

• The temperature on August 24, 2000 was between 7.4 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
  • February 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
  • August 11 » An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
  • August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
  • September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1999 » Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 » Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)