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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2013
  • 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.
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • May 20 » An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
  • July 7 » A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
  • August 21 » Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
  • September 2 » The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
  • October 3 » At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
  • November 13 » Hawaii legalizes same sex marriage.
Weather August 16, 2013

The temperature on August 16, 2013 was between 12.5 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.

Source: KNMI