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Day of marriage October 6, 1949

• The temperature on October 6, 1949 was between 10.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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)
• 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
  • January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
  • March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
  • June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
  • September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.

Day of death February 11, 1986

• The temperature on February 11, 1986 was between -2.6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
  • March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
  • March 21 » Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships
  • May 2 » Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
  • October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
  • November 21 » National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1982 » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
• 1985 » Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1989 » George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)