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Day of marriage December 23, 1955

• The temperature on December 23, 1955 was between 1.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
  • February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
  • July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
  • October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
  • November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.

Day of death September 23, 2003

• The temperature on September 23, 2003 was between 6.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
  • August 5 » A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
  • August 10 » European heat wave: The then-highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent, England. This record was later surpassed in July 2019.
  • November 22 » Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
  • November 26 » The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
  • December 17 » The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
• 2000 » Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)