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Christening day December 2, 1900

• The temperature on December 2, 1900 was about 2.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Day of marriage May 5, 1928

• The temperature on May 5, 1928 was between 7.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (86%). 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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.

Day of death March 29, 1992

• The temperature on March 29, 1992 was between -1.8 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 16 » El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
  • February 1 » The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
  • May 17 » Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
  • July 18 » A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
  • September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
  • September 28 » A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
• 1991 » Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Paul Henreid, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1994 » Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1995 » Mort Meskin, American illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Terry Moore, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)