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Day of marriage December 27, 1968

• The temperature on December 27, 1968 was between -3.4 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
  • April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
  • June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
  • September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
  • November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
  • December 21 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.

Day of death May 16, 2013

• The temperature on May 16, 2013 was between 4.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 29 » At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • April 12 » Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
  • April 18 » A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
  • 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.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • July 20 » Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.

Day of cremation May 21, 2013

• The temperature on May 21, 2013 was between 8.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 13.1 hours. The almost completely overcast 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 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.
  • May 30 » Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
  • 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 15 » The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
  • September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
  • November 5 » India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.

Source: Wikipedia

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