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Day of marriage May 21, 1931

• The temperature on May 21, 1931 was between 7.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
  • March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death March 13, 1978

• The temperature on March 13, 1978 was between 3.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
  • March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
  • August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
  • December 4 » Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1972 » Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul Citroen, German-Dutch illustrator and educator (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (b. 1903)