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Day of marriage December 6, 1968

• The temperature on December 6, 1968 was between -0.7 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
  • March 17 » As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
  • April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
  • May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
  • October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
  • November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).

Day of death August 19, 2013

• The temperature on August 19, 2013 was between 10.3 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly 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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • March 19 » A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
  • March 22 » At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
  • June 11 » Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It reopened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
  • August 21 » Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
  • November 17 » A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
  • December 14 » A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

Day of cremation August 24, 2013

• The temperature on August 24, 2013 was between 15.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • April 15 » Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
  • April 29 » National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
  • August 15 » At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
  • September 17 » Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
  • September 29 » Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
  • December 16 » A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2012 » Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914)
• 2013 » Abdul Rahim Hatif, Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1923)
• 2013 » Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (b. 1927)