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Day of marriage May 22, 1920

• The temperature on May 22, 1920 was between 4.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 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 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
  • August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
  • 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.
  • November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

Day of death March 28, 1968

• The temperature on March 28, 1968 was between -0.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
  • July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
  • August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
  • October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
  • December 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
  • December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1965 » Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)