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Day of marriage May 12, 1923

• The temperature on May 12, 1923 was between 2.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  • September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
  • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

Day of death July 28, 1977

• The temperature on July 28, 1977 was between 10.8 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 19 » President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
  • June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
  • 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.
  • September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
  • September 13 » General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
  • November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Helen Traubel, American soprano and actress (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
• 1979 » Don Miller, American football player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Rose Rand, Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Keith Green, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953)