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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.
  • January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
  • February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
  • April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
  • July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
  • 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 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.

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.
  • January 9 » An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.
  • March 19 » March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China(Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian was shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
  • April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
  • June 24 » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
  • October 4 » SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
  • November 26 » Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.

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)