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Day of marriage May 11, 1926

• The temperature on May 11, 1926 was between 6.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
  • May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
  • May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

Day of death March 30, 1999

• The temperature on March 30, 1999 was between 9.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • May 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
  • July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
  • September 21 » The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
  • October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
  • November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
  • December 24 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).

Day of burial April 3, 1999

• The temperature on April 3, 1999 was between 7.4 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • March 28 » Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
  • May 7 » Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
  • July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
  • August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
  • October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
  • November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Rozelle Claxton, American pianist (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Hugh Falkus, English pilot and author (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and lyricist (b. 1930)
• 2002 » Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)