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Day of marriage May 5, 1936

• The temperature on May 5, 1936 was between 9.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
  • August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
  • August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

Day of death March 20, 1997

• The temperature on March 20, 1997 was between 1.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily 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.
  • February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
  • April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
  • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
  • August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
  • October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (b. 1946)
• 1997 » V. S. Pritchett, English short story writer, essayist, and critic (b. 1900)
• 1999 » Patrick Heron, British painter (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1961)
• 2001 » Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1949)