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Day of marriage April 3, 1948

• The temperature on April 3, 1948 was between 4.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
  • March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
  • July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
  • September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
  • December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.
  • December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.

Day of death May 19, 2000

• The temperature on May 19, 2000 was between 6.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
  • April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
  • June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
  • August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
  • September 28 » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
  • November 9 » Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 » Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
• 2002 » John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)