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Day of marriage September 23, 1948

• The temperature on September 23, 1948 was between 4.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
  • May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
  • June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
  • July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
  • September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
  • September 24 » The Honda Motor Company is founded.

Day of death May 17, 2004

• The temperature on May 17, 2004 was between 6.1 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
  • April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
  • May 1 » Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
  • May 29 » The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
  • August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
  • December 25 » The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
• 2002 » László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
• 2004 » Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)