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Day of death May 31, 1975

• The temperature on May 31, 1975 was between 2.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • February 28 » In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
  • June 12 » India, Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha of the city of Allahabad ruled that India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used corrupt practices to win her seat in the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office. Mrs. Gandhi sent word that she refused to resign.
  • July 5 » Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
  • August 23 » The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
  • September 8 » Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
  • September 27 » The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.

Day of burial June 4, 1975

• The temperature on June 4, 1975 was between 3.3 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.
  • April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
  • July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
  • August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
  • September 15 » The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).
  • November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1978 » József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 1981 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)