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Day of marriage April 27, 1945

• The temperature on April 27, 1945 was between 7.1 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. 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 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
  • February 13 » World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
  • March 21 » World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.
  • April 13 » World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
  • May 1 » World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
  • May 2 » World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.

Day of death November 10, 1998

• The temperature on November 10, 1998 was between 4.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
  • February 4 » The 5.9 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
  • February 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
  • April 10 » The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
  • June 25 » In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
  • September 2 » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
• 2000 » Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• 2000 » Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1935)