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Day of marriage May 22, 1920

• The temperature on May 22, 1920 was between 4.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
  • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
  • September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
  • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Day of death December 13, 1989

• The temperature on December 13, 1989 was between 3.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 14 » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
  • April 2 » Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
  • April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
  • May 30 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
  • August 2 » A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
  • November 22 » In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Ella Baker, American activist (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Heather Angel, British-American actress (b. 1909)
• 1986 » Smita Patil, Indian actress and journalist (b. 1955)
• 1992 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1992 » K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1899)
• 1993 » Vanessa Duriès, French author (b. 1972)