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Day of marriage April 10, 1954

• The temperature on April 10, 1954 was between 0.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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)
• 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
  • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
  • August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
  • September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
  • October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
  • November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

Day of death February 16, 1997

• The temperature on February 16, 1997 was between -0.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
  • June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
  • July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
  • July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
  • November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
  • December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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• 1996 » Brownie McGhee, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
• 1996 » Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (b. 1905)
• 1996 » Roberto Aizenberg, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
• 1996 » Roger Bowen, American actor and author (b. 1932)
• 1997 » Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (b. 1908)