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Day of marriage June 1, 1973

• The temperature on June 1, 1973 was between 9.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
  • July 11 » Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories.
  • July 29 » Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
  • September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
  • October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
  • November 1 » The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.

Day of death June 15, 1990

• The temperature on June 15, 1990 was between 7.6 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 » Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
  • July 26 » The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.
  • July 27 » The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
  • July 30 » Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
  • August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  • October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.

Day of burial June 20, 1990

• The temperature on June 20, 1990 was between 12.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 12 » Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
  • March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
  • June 20 » Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
  • August 23 » Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • November 13 » In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
  • December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
• 1989 » Ray McAnally, Irish actor (b. 1926)
• 1991 » Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1991 » Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)