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Day of marriage July 29, 1950

• The temperature on July 29, 1950 was between 11.3 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
  • June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
  • August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
  • September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
  • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
  • December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

Day of death January 27, 1993

• The temperature on January 27, 1993 was between 1.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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, 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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
  • March 20 » The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
  • April 11 » Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
  • April 23 » Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
  • May 24 » Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
  • July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)
• 1989 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1993 » André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1996 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)