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Day of marriage April 6, 1948

• The temperature on April 6, 1948 was between 0.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
  • February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
  • April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
  • October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
  • October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
  • December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

Day of death February 28, 2003

• The temperature on February 28, 2003 was between 2.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
  • March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
  • May 28 » Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
  • October 9 » Mission: Space opens to the public in Walt Disney World.
  • October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
  • December 14 » Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadorian general and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)