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Day of marriage December 16, 1944

• The temperature on December 16, 1944 was between -0.2 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
  • March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
  • April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
  • August 9 » Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
  • August 9 » The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
  • August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.

Day of death September 15, 2008

• The temperature on September 15, 2008 was between 8.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 26 » The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
  • May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
  • May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
  • July 31 » East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
  • August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
  • October 7 » Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
• 2007 » Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
• 2008 » Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
• 2009 » Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)