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Day of marriage September 20, 1950

• The temperature on September 20, 1950 was between 9.5 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
  • February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
  • March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
  • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  • August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
  • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

Day of death June 23, 2001

• The temperature on June 23, 2001 was between 10.9 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 31 » In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
  • February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
  • May 3 » The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
  • July 2 » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
  • October 8 » A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1936)
• 1998 » Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Peter Dubovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1972)
• 2002 » Pedro Alcázar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
• 2005 » Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (b. 1926)