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Day of marriage May 22, 1946

• The temperature on May 22, 1946 was between 8.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
  • April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
  • May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
  • 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.
  • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
  • December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

Day of death March 6, 1997

• The temperature on March 6, 1997 was between 2.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
  • June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
  • August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
  • August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
  • September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
  • October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Michael Manley, Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Ursula Torday, English author (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain king (b. 1933)
• 2000 » John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)