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Day of marriage December 22, 1942

• The temperature on December 22, 1942 was between 5.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
  • March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
  • September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.

Day of death November 17, 2006

• The temperature on November 17, 2006 was between 9.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • June 18 » The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
  • July 30 » The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
  • November 5 » Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.
  • November 8 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
  • December 5 » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
  • December 30 » The Indonesian passenger ferry MVSenopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler and manager (b. 1970)
• 2005 » Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor and director (b. 1942)
• 2006 » Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Aarne Hermlin, Estonian chess player (b. 1940)