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Day of marriage February 3, 1944

• The temperature on February 3, 1944 was between 5.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
  • August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
  • September 3 » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
  • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
  • September 17 » World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
  • October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.

Day of death July 20, 1962

• The temperature on July 20, 1962 was between 12.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
  • August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
  • October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
  • October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
  • November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Iain Macleod, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)