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Day of marriage December 17, 1968

• The temperature on December 17, 1968 was between -0.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 17 » In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
  • March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
  • October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
  • October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
  • December 26 » The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.
  • December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

Day of death April 24, 2009

• The temperature on April 24, 2009 was between 3.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
  • March 21 » Four police officers are shot and killed and a fifth is wounded in two shootings at Oakland, California.
  • April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
  • June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
  • July 4 » The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
  • December 31 » Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.

Day of burial April 29, 2009

• The temperature on April 29, 2009 was between 2.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
  • March 23 » FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
  • June 5 » After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
  • June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
  • June 30 » Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
  • December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2006 » Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
• 2006 » Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
• 2011 » Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926)