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Day of marriage August 12, 1943

• The temperature on August 12, 1943 was between 9.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (72%). 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
  • August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
  • August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
  • September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
  • December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
  • December 28 » Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.

Day of death January 6, 2008

• The temperature on January 6, 2008 was between 1.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
  • March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
  • May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
  • June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
  • August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
  • August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932)
• 2005 » Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2007 » Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)
• 2009 » Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (probable; b. 1948)