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Christening day March 12, 1954

• The temperature on March 12, 1954 was between 0.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
  • June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
  • July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
  • November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
  • December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

Day of marriage July 9, 1661

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1661: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 6 » English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.
  • February 3 » Maratha forces under Chattrapati Shivaji defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Umberkhind.
  • April 23 » King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
  • July 16 » The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
  • August 6 » The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
  • September 5 » Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.

Day of death June 12, 1666

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1666: Source: Wikipedia
  • August 19 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
  • September 2 » The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
  • September 3 » The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
  • September 4 » In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
  • September 5 » Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
  • November 28 » At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1567 » Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)
• 1647 » Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (b. 1575)
• 1668 » Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1675 » Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634)
• 1734 » James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia (b. 1722)