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Day of marriage August 15, 1957

• The temperature on August 15, 1957 was between 13.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 17.5 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
  • March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
  • June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
  • July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
  • November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
  • November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

Day of death September 7, 1980

• The temperature on September 7, 1980 was between 11.2 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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)
• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
  • May 18 » Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3billion in damage.
  • June 1 » Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
  • July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
  • September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.
  • November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.

Day of cremation September 11, 1980

• The temperature on September 11, 1980 was between 13.1 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
  • February 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
  • February 28 » Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
  • May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
  • May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
  • October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
• 1979 » I. A. Richards, English literary critic and rhetorician (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and painter (b. 1932)
• 1982 » Ken Boyer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)