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Day of marriage July 24, 1919

• The temperature on July 24, 1919 was between 7.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
  • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
  • April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
  • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
  • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
  • September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.

Day of death December 29, 1988

• The temperature on December 29, 1988 was between 5.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • May 6 » All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
  • May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
  • August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
  • August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • November 16 » In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
• 1981 » Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1986 » Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1996 » Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)