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Day of marriage May 29, 1949

• The temperature on May 29, 1949 was between 6.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). 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)
• 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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
  • May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
  • July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
  • November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

Day of death October 16, 2010

• The temperature on October 16, 2010 was between 4.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
  • March 11 » Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
  • June 11 » The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
  • June 24 » Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
  • July 25 » WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
  • August 24 » Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (b. 1921)
• 2010 » Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)
• 2010 » Eyedea, American rapper and producer (b. 1981)
• 2011 » Dan Wheldon, English race car driver (b. 1978)
• 2012 » Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (b. 1921)
• 2012 » John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)