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Day of marriage June 12, 1926

• The temperature on June 12, 1926 was between 8.2 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
  • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
  • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

Day of death January 19, 1989

• The temperature on January 19, 1989 was between -0.1 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
  • April 3 » The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
  • April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
  • April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
  • November 22 » In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
  • December 28 » A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
• 1987 » Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 1990 » Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Herbert Wehner, German politician, 6th Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)