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Day of marriage April 9, 1921

• The temperature on April 9, 1921 was between 3.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
  • March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
  • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
  • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
  • October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
  • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death January 4, 1976

• The temperature on January 4, 1976 was between 1.0 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
  • February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
  • July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
  • July 21 » Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
  • September 19 » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
  • October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)