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Day of marriage May 22, 1936

• The temperature on May 22, 1936 was between 3.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
  • August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
  • August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
  • November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
  • December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Day of death August 28, 1974

• The temperature on August 28, 1974 was between 4.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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 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 year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
  • April 29 » Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
  • May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
  • June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
  • July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
  • November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
• 1978 » Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927)