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Day of marriage March 1, 1952

• The temperature on March 1, 1952 was between 0.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
  • April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
  • April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  • April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
  • July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Day of death October 3, 1999

• The temperature on October 3, 1999 was between 8.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 15.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
  • March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
  • April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
  • May 25 » The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
  • July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
  • December 2 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.

Day of burial October 7, 1999

• The temperature on October 7, 1999 was between 4.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
  • October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
  • November 26 » The 7.5 M_w  Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
  • November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
  • December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
  • December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
• 1998 » Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (b. 1928)
• 1999 » Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)
• 2001 » Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2002 » Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)