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Day of marriage July 16, 1949

• The temperature on July 16, 1949 was between 13.5 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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)
• 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
  • December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
  • December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

Day of death March 27, 2015

• The temperature on March 27, 2015 was between -0.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2015: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
  • May 12 » A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.
  • August 12 » At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
  • September 14 » The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
  • September 24 » At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
  • October 3 » Forty-two are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike.
  • December 31 » A fire broke out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates located near the Burj Khalifa two hours before the fireworks display was due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923)
• 2014 » James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1929)
• 2014 » Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (b. 1920)
• 2015 » Johnny Helms, American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (b. 1935)
• 2015 » T. Sailo, Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (b. 1922)
• 2016 » Mother Angelica, American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (b. 1923)