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Day of marriage July 8, 1976

• The temperature on July 8, 1976 was between 14.3 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 14.9 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
  • March 24 » In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
  • July 28 » The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
  • August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
  • September 6 » Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
  • October 6 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.

Day of death July 8, 2004

• The temperature on July 8, 2004 was between 13.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 14 » The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
  • May 1 » Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
  • June 24 » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
  • July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
  • August 24 » 90 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » John O'Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Paula Danziger, American author and educator (b. 1944)
• 2005 » Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (b. 1911)
• 2006 » June Allyson, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)