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Day of marriage May 23, 1957

• The temperature on May 23, 1957 was between 3.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
  • July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
  • September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
  • October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
  • December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.

Day of death March 11, 2004

• The temperature on March 11, 2004 was between -0.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
  • February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
  • April 6 » Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
  • May 14 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.
  • June 5 » Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
  • December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (b. 1906)
• 2002 » James Tobin, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
• 2007 » Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (b. 1928)