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Day of marriage August 21, 1948

• The temperature on August 21, 1948 was between 11.0 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
  • 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.
  • April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
  • April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
  • July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
  • July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Day of death November 23, 1978

• The temperature on November 23, 1978 was between 9.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
  • March 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
  • April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • September 16 » The 7.4 M_w  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
  • October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
  • October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1974 » notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
• 1976 » André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Grady Nutt, American minister and author (b. 1934)