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Day of marriage June 21, 1950

• The temperature on June 21, 1950 was between 12.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
  • May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
  • August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
  • October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
  • October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
  • December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.

Day of death August 22, 2008

• The temperature on August 22, 2008 was between 9.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
  • August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
  • November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
  • December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
  • December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

Day of burial August 25, 2008

• The temperature on August 25, 2008 was between 14.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
  • May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
  • June 11 » Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
  • July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
  • September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)
• 2007 » Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2009 » Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2009 » Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (b. 1908)
• 2010 » Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)