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Day of marriage April 28, 1953

• The temperature on April 28, 1953 was between 7.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • April 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
  • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
  • June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
  • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
  • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
  • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Day of death September 15, 2005

• The temperature on September 15, 2005 was between 10.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 17.1 mm of rain during 11.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 18 » The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
  • February 8 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.
  • March 3 » James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
  • May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
  • May 31 » Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
  • November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
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• 2005 » Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)