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Birthday March 14, 1953

• The temperature on March 14, 1953 was between -0.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
  • June 2 » The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
  • June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
  • June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
  • June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
  • September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Rick Dees, American actor and radio host
• 1951 » Jerry Greenfield, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben & Jerry's
• 1953 » Nick Keir, Scottish singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1955 » Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1956 » Alexey Pajitnov, Russian video game designer and computer engineer, creator of Tetris
• 1956 » Butch Wynegar, American baseball player and coach