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Day of marriage November 18, 1944

• The temperature on November 18, 1944 was between 7.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • June 25 » World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
  • August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
  • September 17 » World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
  • October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
  • November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.

Day of death July 21, 1984

• The temperature on July 21, 1984 was between 11.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • February 3 » Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
  • February 13 » Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • June 18 » A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
  • July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
  • November 1 » After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
  • November 27 » Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.

Day of burial July 25, 1984

• The temperature on July 25, 1984 was between 9.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
  • September 2 » Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
  • September 18 » Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
  • October 16 » Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • November 25 » Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
• 1994 » Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)