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Day of death March 17, 1981

• The temperature on March 17, 1981 was between -1.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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, 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.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th President of the United States of America. Twenty minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
  • April 11 » A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
  • April 25 » More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
  • 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 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
  • December 18 » First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.

Source: Wikipedia

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