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Day of marriage January 26, 1946

• The temperature on January 26, 1946 was between -6.0 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
  • June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
  • July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
  • July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
  • October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
  • December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

Day of death August 16, 2004

• The temperature on August 16, 2004 was between 14.6 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 16.3 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or 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 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.
  • February 28 » Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
  • February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
  • April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
  • April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
  • August 24 » 90 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
  • November 23 » The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
• 2004 » Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2004 » Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
• 2005 » Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)