The temperature on April 18, 1947 was between 2.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Day of marriage June 13, 1981
The temperature on June 13, 1981 was between 4.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
May 21 » The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
August 1 » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
Day of death December 30, 2011
The temperature on December 30, 2011 was between 3.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 27 » Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.
February 14 » As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
April 1 » After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
April 11 » An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
April 19 » Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
May 25 » Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Day of burial January 2, 2012
The temperature on January 2, 2012 was between 4.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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.
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