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Day of marriage November 14, 1929

• The temperature on November 14, 1929 was between 2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
  • August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
  • November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
  • November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
  • December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.

Day of death September 22, 2002

• The temperature on September 22, 2002 was between 10.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
  • February 19 » NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
  • February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
  • June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
  • July 27 » Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
  • November 21 » NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Isaac Stern, Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)