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Day of marriage November 29, 1948

• The temperature on November 29, 1948 was between -8.4 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
  • March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
  • May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
  • September 22 » Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
  • October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
  • November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.

Day of death October 24, 1990

• The temperature on October 24, 1990 was between 0.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • April 4 » The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
  • April 24 » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
  • May 30 » Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
  • August 2 » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
  • November 15 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.
  • December 22 » Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
• 1991 » Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1944)
• 1993 » Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930)
• 1994 » Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (b. 1930)