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Day of marriage August 13, 1931

• The temperature on August 13, 1931 was between 6.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
  • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
  • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Day of death November 15, 1945

• The temperature on November 15, 1945 was between -1.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • January 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
  • March 29 » World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
  • April 22 » World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
  • April 25 » Liberation Day (Italy): The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet fascist regime dissolves and Benito Mussolini is captured after trying to escape. This day was set as a public holiday to celebrate the Liberation of Italy.
  • 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.
  • September 3 » A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
• 1949 » Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
• 1951 » Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)