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Day of marriage March 31, 1954

• The temperature on March 31, 1954 was between 4.1 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
  • February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
  • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
  • November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
  • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

Day of death September 22, 1995

• The temperature on September 22, 1995 was between 11.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The 6.9 M_w  Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
  • March 20 » The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
  • June 24 » Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
  • July 27 » The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
  • November 10 » In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
  • November 22 » The 7.3 M_w  Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 1993 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1994 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1924)
• 1999 » George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1927)