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Day of marriage January 12, 1928

• The temperature on January 12, 1928 was between -1.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • 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.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.

Day of death March 4, 1999

• The temperature on March 4, 1999 was between 5.4 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
  • March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
  • April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
  • September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
  • October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
  • November 2 » Xerox murders: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Ivan Dougherty, Australian general (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Del Close, American actor and educator (b. 1934)
• 1999 » Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Miłosz Magin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2000 » Hermann Brück, German-Scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)
• 2000 » Michael Noonan, New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)