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Birthday March 14, 1957

• The temperature on March 14, 1957 was between 7.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
  • April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
  • July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
  • September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
  • September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
  • October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

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