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Day of marriage May 2, 1960

• The temperature on May 2, 1960 was between -0.4 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
  • February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
  • April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
  • April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
  • August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
  • November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.

Day of death September 5, 2004

• The temperature on September 5, 2004 was between 11.4 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 8 » The RMSQueen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
  • April 30 » U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
  • May 14 » The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
  • October 29 » The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
  • December 26 » Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
  • December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 M_w  Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Justin Wilson, American chef and author (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and academic (b. 1912)
• 2002 » David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist and astronomer (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Roberto Viaux, Chilean general (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (b. 1941)