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Day of marriage March 3, 1956

• The temperature on March 3, 1956 was between 4.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
  • March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
  • April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
  • September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
  • October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
  • November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.

Day of death March 3, 2009

• The temperature on March 3, 2009 was between 1.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
  • March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
  • April 6 » A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
  • April 7 » Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
  • June 8 » Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
  • June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1935)
• 2010 » Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2010 » Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (b. 1913)