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Day of marriage February 11, 1942

• The temperature on February 11, 1942 was between -6.3 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
  • June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
  • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.

Day of death June 14, 1994

• The temperature on June 14, 1994 was between 6.6 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • May 17 » Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
  • May 24 » Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
  • August 14 » Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
  • September 16 » The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
  • October 17 » Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
  • December 31 » This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.

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• 1994 » Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1942)
• 1994 » Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 » Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (b. 1937)
• 1995 » Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)