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Day of marriage October 21, 1948

• The temperature on October 21, 1948 was between 8.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
  • February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
  • May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
  • May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
  • September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
  • December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

Day of death May 19, 1974

• The temperature on May 19, 1974 was between 9.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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)
• 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
  • July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
  • July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
  • July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
  • August 5 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
  • October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)