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Day of marriage April 26, 1951

• The temperature on April 26, 1951 was between 6.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
  • February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
  • April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
  • May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
  • May 21 » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
  • July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.

Day of death June 25, 2005

• The temperature on June 25, 2005 was between 12.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 3 » James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
  • March 16 » Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
  • April 27 » Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
  • May 31 » Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
  • July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
  • September 26 » The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Morton Coutts, New Zealand inventor (b. 1904)
• 2005 » John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971)
• 2006 » Jaap Penraat, Dutch-American humanitarian (b. 1918)
• 2007 » J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (b. 1933)