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Day of marriage June 4, 1946

• The temperature on June 4, 1946 was between 9.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
  • February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
  • March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
  • April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
  • July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.

Day of death July 2, 2003

• The temperature on July 2, 2003 was between 12.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 12 » The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
  • March 28 » In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
  • July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
  • August 10 » European heat wave: The then-highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent, England. This record was later surpassed in July 2019.
  • August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
  • August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.

Source: Wikipedia

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