Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » George Harrison (1923-2013)

Day of marriage February 25, 1944

• The temperature on February 25, 1944 was between -4.8 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
  • May 18 » Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
  • September 12 » World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
  • December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
  • December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
  • December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

Day of death October 24, 2013

• The temperature on October 24, 2013 was between 7.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 25 » At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
  • June 5 » A building collapse in Philadelphia kills six and wounds 14 other people.
  • June 26 » Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
  • June 27 » NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
  • July 20 » Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
  • November 17 » Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.

Day of burial October 27, 2013

• The temperature on October 27, 2013 was between 12.6 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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, 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.
  • June 7 » A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
  • June 7 » A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
  • September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
  • November 5 » India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
  • November 17 » Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
  • December 15 » The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2013 » Antonia Bird, English director and producer (b. 1951)
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