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Christening day June 12, 1910

• The temperature on June 12, 1910 was between 12.6 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Day of marriage June 28, 1939

• The temperature on June 28, 1939 was between 11.6 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
  • March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
  • May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
  • May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
  • June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
  • September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.

Day of death February 14, 1992

• The temperature on February 14, 1992 was between 3.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 6 » President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
  • January 20 » Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
  • February 15 » Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
  • March 1 » Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • July 23 » Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
  • September 17 » An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)
• 1989 » Vincent Crane, English pianist (b. 1943)
• 1994 » Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (b. 1936)
• 1994 » Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (b. 1932)
• 1995 » Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1995 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)