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Day of marriage September 12, 1942

• The temperature on September 12, 1942 was between 12.5 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
  • May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
  • June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
  • July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
  • September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
  • November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

Day of death November 16, 2006

• The temperature on November 16, 2006 was between 11.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
  • March 10 » The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • October 28 » A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for those Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
  • November 10 » The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
  • December 6 » NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
  • December 18 » United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host and producer (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)