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Day of marriage January 28, 1910

• The temperature on January 28, 1910 was between -5.4 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
  • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
  • October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Day of death May 16, 1977

• The temperature on May 16, 1977 was between 7.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • May 14 » A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
  • July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
  • August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
  • October 6 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
  • November 8 » Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
  • November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-American sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
• 1979 » A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949)