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Day of marriage November 10, 1944

• The temperature on November 10, 1944 was between 3.2 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
  • August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
  • September 9 » World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
  • September 17 » World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
  • November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.

Day of death August 6, 2013

• The temperature on August 6, 2013 was between 13.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
  • February 8 » A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
  • April 16 » A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
  • June 11 » Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It reopened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
  • September 13 » Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
  • November 13 » Hawaii legalizes same sex marriage.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
• 2012 » Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
• 2012 » Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
• 2013 » Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2013 » Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)