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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.
  • March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
  • June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
  • October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
  • November 11 » Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
  • November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.

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.
  • January 10 » More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
  • February 10 » Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
  • February 18 » Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
  • June 23 » Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan killing ten climbers, and a local guide.
  • August 14 » Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
  • November 13 » 4 World Trade Center officially opens.

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.
  • 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.
  • April 12 » Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
  • April 30 » Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
  • May 20 » An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
  • July 6 » A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
  • August 8 » A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921)
• 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)