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Day of marriage May 19, 1949

• The temperature on May 19, 1949 was between 4.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
  • May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
  • July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
  • September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
  • September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.

Day of death October 12, 1997

• The temperature on October 12, 1997 was between 5.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
  • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
  • September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
  • December 24 » The Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria kills between 50 and 100 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
• 1997 » John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1943)
• 1998 » Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
• 1999 » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)