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Day of marriage March 14, 1960

• The temperature on March 14, 1960 was between 4.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
  • January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
  • July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
  • July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
  • August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
  • September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

Day of death October 7, 2005

• The temperature on October 7, 2005 was between 8.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
  • May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
  • June 21 » Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
  • July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
  • July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
  • September 26 » The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.

Day of cremation October 12, 2005

• The temperature on October 12, 2005 was between 11.3 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (78%). 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 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 25 » A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
  • March 16 » Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
  • April 9 » Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
  • July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
  • November 9 » Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
  • December 17 » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (b. 1912)
• 2003 » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2004 » Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (b. 1935)
• 2005 » Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
• 2006 » Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
• 2006 » Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)