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Day of marriage August 15, 1946

• The temperature on August 15, 1946 was between 9.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
  • February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
  • May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
  • May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
  • August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
  • November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

Day of death June 19, 1991

• The temperature on June 19, 1991 was between 9.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
  • July 11 » Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
  • September 28 » The Strategic Air Command stands down from alert all ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under START I, as well as its strategic bomber force.
  • October 3 » Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
  • October 27 » Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1990 » George Addes, American trade union leader, co-founded United Automobile Workers (b. 1911)
• 1990 » Isabella Smith Andrews, New Zealand writer (b. 1905)
• 1991 » Jean Arthur, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1993 » William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)