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Day of marriage March 11, 1971

• The temperature on March 11, 1971 was between 0.1 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The heavily 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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.
  • March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
  • March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
  • May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
  • June 7 » The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
  • July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.

Day of death January 18, 1981

• The temperature on January 18, 1981 was between -0.1 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (36%). 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, 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
  • April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
  • May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
  • July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
  • August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
  • September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)