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Day of marriage April 18, 1946

• The temperature on April 18, 1946 was between 3.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
  • April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
  • May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
  • May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
  • June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
  • July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.

Day of death December 1, 1988

• The temperature on December 1, 1988 was between -0.9 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
  • June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • October 27 » Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
  • December 13 » PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

Day of burial December 6, 1988

• The temperature on December 6, 1988 was between 2.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
  • May 6 » All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
  • May 14 » Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
  • May 29 » The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • June 4 » Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
  • July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
• 1987 » James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
• 1988 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)