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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.
  • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
  • September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
  • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
  • October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
  • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

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 30 » Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
  • 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 July 7, 1701

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
  • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
  • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
  • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
  • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
  • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1647 » Thomas Hooker, English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (b. 1586)
• 1701 » William Stoughton, American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1631)
• 1713 » Henry Compton, English bishop (b. 1632)
• 1718 » Alexei Petrovich, Russian tsar (b. 1690)
• 1730 » Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1690)
• 1758 » Marthanda Varma, Rani of Attingal (b. 1706)