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Day of marriage October 12, 1942

• The temperature on October 12, 1942 was between 6.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
  • April 23 » World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
  • June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
  • July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
  • November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
  • November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

Day of death October 17, 2004

• The temperature on October 17, 2004 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
  • April 2 » Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
  • April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
  • August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
  • October 14 » Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.
  • November 7 » Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

Source: Wikipedia

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