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Day of marriage March 30, 1921

• The temperature on March 30, 1921 was between 2.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
  • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
  • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
  • October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
  • October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
  • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

Day of death September 11, 1972

• The temperature on September 11, 1972 was between 6.0 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
  • June 29 » The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
  • July 21 » The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
  • September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
  • September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
  • December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)
• 1968 » René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
• 1973 » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)