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Day of marriage October 12, 1944

• The temperature on October 12, 1944 was between 8.3 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
  • March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
  • April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
  • June 4 » World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
  • October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
  • November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.

Day of death September 12, 2007

• The temperature on September 12, 2007 was between 7.4 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • June 8 » Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MVPasha Bulker.
  • June 11 » Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
  • August 20 » China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
  • August 22 » The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
  • September 16 » One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
  • September 29 » Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.

Source: Wikipedia

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