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Day of marriage December 21, 1957

• The temperature on December 21, 1957 was between 6.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
  • March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
  • July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
  • August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
  • November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.

Day of death February 9, 1990

• The temperature on February 9, 1990 was between 3.8 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
  • June 1 » Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
  • June 19 » The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
  • July 11 » Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
  • October 3 » The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

Source: Wikipedia

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