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Day of marriage December 20, 1923

• The temperature on December 20, 1923 was between -2.3 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  • September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
  • October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
  • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Day of death June 28, 1974

• The temperature on June 28, 1974 was between 10.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
  • May 17 » Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
  • August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
  • September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
  • November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1975 » Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
• 1980 » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)