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Christening day November 17, 1907

• The temperature on November 17, 1907 was between 5.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Day of marriage May 13, 1937

• The temperature on May 13, 1937 was between 8.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
  • May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
  • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
  • August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
  • September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

Day of death November 20, 1986

• The temperature on November 20, 1986 was between 2.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 14.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
  • April 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
  • July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
  • September 5 » Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
  • October 11 » Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
  • November 25 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Richard Loo, Chinese-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Carlo Campanini, Italian actor, singer and comedian (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1895)
• 1989 » Lynn Bari, American actress (b. 1913)