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Day of marriage September 1, 1949

• The temperature on September 1, 1949 was between 15.8 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
  • February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
  • October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

Day of death May 27, 2014

• The temperature on May 27, 2014 was between 13.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
  • March 18 » The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
  • April 21 » The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
  • October 30 » Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
  • November 21 » A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
  • December 5 » Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion is launched.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Bill Pertwee, English actor (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (b. 1917)
• 2014 » Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 2014 » Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
• 2014 » Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
• 2014 » Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)