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Day of marriage August 1, 1927

• The temperature on August 1, 1927 was between 13.1 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
  • May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
  • July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
  • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
  • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Day of death December 13, 1997

• The temperature on December 13, 1997 was between 2.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 13 » Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
  • November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
  • December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
  • December 30 » In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Ann Nolan Clark, American author and educator (b. 1896)
• 1996 » Edward Blishen, English author and educator (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Don E. Fehrenbacher, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born British impresario and media proprietor (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Richard Thomas, Royal Naval Officer (b. 1922)
• 1998 » Wade Watts, civil rights activist (b. 1919)