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They got married on April 6, 1940 at Pretoria, South Africa South Africa, he was 24 years old.

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    Historical events

    Birthday August 21, 1915

    • The temperature on August 21, 1915 was between 9.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
      • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
      • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
      • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
      • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
      • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.

    Day of marriage April 6, 1940

    • The temperature on April 6, 1940 was between 1.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
      • June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
      • July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
      • August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
      • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
      • November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
    

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