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Day of marriage March 20, 1943

• The temperature on March 20, 1943 was between -1.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
  • February 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
  • April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
  • May 16 » The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
  • October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
  • November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.

Day of death September 26, 2017

• The temperature on September 26, 2017 was between 8.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
  • April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
  • May 31 » U.S. President Donald Trump tweets the word "covfefe" and quickly becomes a worldwide viral phenomenon.
  • June 3 » London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
  • September 20 » Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
  • November 21 » Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.

Source: Wikipedia

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