FutureHistory » Anne Marie Victoire "Anne-Marie" (Anne Marie Victoire "Anne-Marie") Peeters (1955-)

Birthday January 14, 1955

• The temperature on January 14, 1955 was between -8.6 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
  • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
  • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
  • November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
  • December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
• 1953 » David Clary, English chemist and academic
• 1953 » Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 1953 » Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
• 1956 » Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 » Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author