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Day of death April 26, 1974

• The temperature on April 26, 1974 was between 1.5 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
  • July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
  • September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
  • November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
  • November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
  • December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

Day of burial May 1, 1974

• The temperature on May 1, 1974 was between 5.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
  • January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
  • January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
  • September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
  • September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
  • December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)