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Day of marriage August 12, 1949

• The temperature on August 12, 1949 was between 7.2 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
  • July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.

Day of death October 18, 2006

• The temperature on October 18, 2006 was between 10.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast 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 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.
  • July 9 » One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
  • November 5 » Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.
  • November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
  • November 21 » Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
  • December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Bill King, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
• 2007 » Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938)