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Day of marriage February 1, 1974

• The temperature on February 1, 1974 was between 2.8 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
  • May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
  • May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
  • September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
  • September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
  • December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Day of death July 28, 2001

• The temperature on July 28, 2001 was between 14.2 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
  • May 29 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
  • July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
  • August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
  • September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
  • October 19 » SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and author (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943)
• 2002 » Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 2003 » Valerie Goulding, Irish activist and politician (b. 1918)