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Day of marriage April 5, 1927

• The temperature on April 5, 1927 was between 7.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
  • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
  • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
  • November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
  • December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

Day of death January 13, 1978

• The temperature on January 13, 1978 was between -1.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
  • April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
  • April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
  • October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
• 1977 » Henri Langlois, Turkish-French historian, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
• 1978 » Hubert Humphrey, American pharmacist, academic, and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1979 » Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American soprano (b. 1907)