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Day of marriage December 28, 1940

• The temperature on December 28, 1940 was between -0.3 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
  • August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
  • September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
  • November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
  • November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

Day of death July 18, 1994

• The temperature on July 18, 1994 was between 12.4 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » More than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands receive South African citizenship.
  • April 7 » Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.
  • June 30 » During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.
  • July 4 » Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
  • September 28 » The cruise ferry MSEstonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
  • October 1 » Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Day of burial July 22, 1994

• The temperature on July 22, 1994 was between 17.3 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 23.3 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • June 14 » The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated C$1.1million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
  • August 14 » Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
  • September 8 » USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
  • October 14 » Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
  • October 27 » Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
  • October 29 » Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1988 » Nico, German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1938)
• 1989 » Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
• 1989 » Rebecca Schaeffer, American model and actress (b. 1967)
• 1990 » Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (b. 1897)