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Christening day November 11, 1923

• The temperature on November 11, 1923 was between -4.4 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
  • June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
  • June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
  • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
  • September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.

Day of marriage May 13, 1950

• The temperature on May 13, 1950 was between 9.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
  • August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
  • August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
  • August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
  • October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
  • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

Day of death October 8, 2000

• The temperature on October 8, 2000 was between 5.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
  • May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
  • June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
  • June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
  • November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
  • November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.

Day of burial October 12, 2000

• The temperature on October 12, 2000 was between 8.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
  • March 17 » Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
  • July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
  • October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
  • October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
  • November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913)
• 1999 » John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)
• 2001 » Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)