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Day of marriage February 7, 1952

• The temperature on February 7, 1952 was between 3.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
  • May 13 » The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
  • July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
  • July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
  • December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

Day of death January 16, 2004

• The temperature on January 16, 2004 was between 5.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain during 13.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
  • March 12 » The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
  • May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
  • August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
  • September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
  • November 30 » Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people.

Day of burial January 21, 2004

• The temperature on January 21, 2004 was between 0.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
  • May 14 » The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
  • July 1 » Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
  • October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
  • November 7 » Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
  • November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939)
• 2002 » Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
• 2003 » Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
• 2006 » Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (b. 1923)