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Day of marriage April 29, 1927

• The temperature on April 29, 1927 was between 4.8 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
  • May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
  • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
  • July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
  • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"

Day of death November 13, 1978

• The temperature on November 13, 1978 was between 5.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
  • April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • April 7 » Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
  • May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
  • May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
  • July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist (b. 1946)
• 1974 » Vittorio De Sica, Italian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright and academic (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1911)