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Day of marriage April 18, 1946

• The temperature on April 18, 1946 was between 3.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
  • January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
  • February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
  • February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
  • May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
  • July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.

Day of death November 11, 2004

• The temperature on November 11, 2004 was between -0.8 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 30 » U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
  • May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
  • June 1 » Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a Guinness World Record.
  • September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
  • September 29 » Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
  • November 22 » The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b. 1939)