In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
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Weather May 25, 1956
The temperature on May 25, 1956 was between 10.0 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 16.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.
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