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Day of marriage August 14, 1953

• The temperature on August 14, 1953 was between 10.6 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
  • February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
  • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
  • September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Day of death June 14, 2008

• The temperature on June 14, 2008 was between 7.6 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.
  • May 15 » California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
  • May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
  • May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
  • June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
  • August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.

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