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Day of marriage March 16, 1945

• The temperature on March 16, 1945 was between 2.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  • March 21 » World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
  • March 22 » World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
  • April 7 » World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
  • May 3 » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
  • September 5 » Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.

Day of death April 9, 2013

• The temperature on April 9, 2013 was between 2.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • April 20 » A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
  • April 30 » Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
  • June 3 » The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
  • June 16 » A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
  • July 20 » Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
  • November 21 » Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.

Day of burial April 13, 2013

• The temperature on April 13, 2013 was between 5.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • April 16 » The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.
  • May 31 » A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities and over 150 injuries.
  • July 13 » Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160million in East China and Taiwan.
  • August 16 » The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
  • September 13 » Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
  • October 12 » Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru.

Source: Wikipedia

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