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Day of marriage May 20, 1940

• The temperature on May 20, 1940 was between 5.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
  • May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
  • July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
  • August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
  • November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
  • December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

Day of death February 11, 1982

• The temperature on February 11, 1982 was between 2.1 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 28 » US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
  • March 19 » Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
  • March 26 » A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
  • May 21 » Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
  • October 14 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
  • October 28 » The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, President of India (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1978 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1982 » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
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• 1986 » Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)