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Day of marriage March 5, 1952

• The temperature on March 5, 1952 was between 5.1 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
  • June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
  • July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
  • September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
  • November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
  • December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.

Day of death March 1, 2004

• The temperature on March 1, 2004 was between -5.9 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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, 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 12 » The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
  • April 30 » U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
  • June 5 » Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
  • July 1 » Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
  • August 13 » One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
  • December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Jack Wild, English actor (b.1952)
• 2006 » Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
• 2010 » Kristian Digby, English television host and director (b. 1977)
• 2012 » Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (b. 1969)