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Day of marriage May 4, 1939

• The temperature on May 4, 1939 was between 1.1 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
  • March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
  • April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
  • October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
  • December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.
  • December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

Day of death December 28, 1984

• The temperature on December 28, 1984 was between -1.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
  • February 24 » Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
  • June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
  • August 30 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
  • November 1 » After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
  • December 3 » Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
• 1986 » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)