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Day of marriage December 17, 1942

• The temperature on December 17, 1942 was between 6.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
  • February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
  • March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
  • April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
  • June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
  • August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.

Day of death May 7, 1982

• The temperature on May 7, 1982 was between 4.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • April 2 » Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
  • June 7 » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
  • June 18 » Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
  • October 8 » Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
  • October 20 » During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
  • December 3 » A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.

Source: Wikipedia

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