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Day of marriage February 26, 1954

• The temperature on February 26, 1954 was between 2.0 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
  • April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
  • June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
  • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
  • November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
  • November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

Day of death August 10, 2009

• The temperature on August 10, 2009 was between 10.6 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
  • April 7 » Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
  • April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
  • November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
  • December 28 » Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

Day of cremation August 14, 2009

• The temperature on August 14, 2009 was between 8.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
  • July 5 » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
  • September 2 » The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
  • September 29 » The 8.1 M_w  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.
  • December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
  • December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1925)
• 2007 » James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (b. 1942)
• 2010 » Adam Stansfield, English footballer (b. 1978)
• 2010 » David L. Wolper, American director and producer (b. 1928)
• 2010 » Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1948)