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Day of marriage May 16, 1946

• The temperature on May 16, 1946 was between -0.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
  • March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
  • May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
  • August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
  • August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
  • August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.

Day of death February 19, 2006

• The temperature on February 19, 2006 was between 0.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
  • May 13 » São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.
  • June 29 » Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
  • July 4 » Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
  • August 25 » Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
  • November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 2007 » Celia Franca, English-Canadian dancer and director, founded the National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
• 2007 » Janet Blair, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress and singer (b. 1945)
• 2008 » Yegor Letov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1964)
• 2009 » Kelly Groucutt, English singer and bass player (b. 1945)