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Day of marriage January 7, 1964

• The temperature on January 7, 1964 was between -0.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
  • April 8 » The Gemini 1 test flight is conducted.
  • April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
  • July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
  • August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.

Day of death April 13, 1997

• The temperature on April 13, 1997 was between -1.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
  • April 22 » Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
  • August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
  • October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
  • November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
  • December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Bryant Bowles, American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896)
• 1997 » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
• 1998 » Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)