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Day of marriage May 5, 1920

• The temperature on May 5, 1920 was between 0.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
  • May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
  • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.

Day of death September 16, 1977

• The temperature on September 16, 1977 was between 6.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • March 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
  • September 7 » The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
  • October 6 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
  • November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
  • November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.
  • November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1977 » Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
• 1980 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)