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Day of death April 28, 2013

• The temperature on April 28, 2013 was between 0.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • February 27 » A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
  • March 19 » A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
  • April 12 » Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
  • May 23 » A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
  • August 8 » A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
  • October 16 » Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.

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