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Day of marriage April 1, 1948

• The temperature on April 1, 1948 was between 6.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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.
  • January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
  • May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
  • May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
  • September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
  • September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
  • November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.

Day of death December 11, 2009

• The temperature on December 11, 2009 was between 2.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Four police officers are shot and killed and a fifth is wounded in two shootings at Oakland, California.
  • March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
  • April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
  • April 6 » A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
  • June 10 » James Wenneker von Brunn, who was 88-years-old, opened fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shot Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
  • September 6 » The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.

Source: Wikipedia

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