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Day of marriage May 15, 1946

• The temperature on May 15, 1946 was between -0.4 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • January 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
  • February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
  • April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
  • June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
  • August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.

Day of death December 28, 2003

• The temperature on December 28, 2003 was between 3.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 27.0 mm of rain during 12.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
  • September 6 » Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
  • October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)
• 2001 » William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
• 2006 » Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)