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Day of marriage January 3, 1933

• The temperature on January 3, 1933 was between 6.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• 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 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
  • March 4 » Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States.
  • April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
  • October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
  • November 8 » Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.
  • November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.

Day of death March 27, 1959

• The temperature on March 27, 1959 was between 1.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
  • January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
  • May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
  • July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
  • September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Évariste Lévi-Provençal, French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Leon C. Phillips, American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Gregorio Marañón, Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)