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Day of marriage November 5, 1942

• The temperature on November 5, 1942 was between 2.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. 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 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 1 » World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
  • 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".
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
  • November 4 » World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
  • November 15 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.

Day of death November 21, 1992

• The temperature on November 21, 1992 was between 3.8 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
  • March 12 » Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • April 27 » Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
  • May 24 » The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
  • November 3 » Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 U.S. presidential election.
  • November 20 » In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50million worth of damage.

Source: Wikipedia

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