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Day of marriage October 24, 1889

• The temperature on October 24, 1889 was about 8.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
  • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Day of death February 9, 1945

• The temperature on February 9, 1945 was between 1.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 14 » World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
  • March 14 » The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
  • March 31 » World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
  • April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
  • May 8 » End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
  • October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.

Day of burial February 12, 1945

• The temperature on February 12, 1945 was between 0.7 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 21 » World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.
  • March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
  • April 29 » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.
  • June 7 » King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
  • September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
  • December 24 » Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)