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Birthday May 27, 1918

• The temperature on May 27, 1918 was between 8.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
  • July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
  • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
  • August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
  • September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.

Day of marriage December 27, 1940

• The temperature on December 27, 1940 was between 0.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
  • April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
  • May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
  • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
  • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
  • August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.

Day of death March 19, 1990

• The temperature on March 19, 1990 was between 10.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • March 4 » American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference Tournament game.
  • March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
  • April 12 » Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
  • July 16 » The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
  • November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
  • December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

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• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)
• 1921 » Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor († 2013)
• 1922 » Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist († 2015)

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• 1984 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
• 1986 » Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 1987 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
• 1993 » Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1915)