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Day of marriage September 26, 1944

• The temperature on September 26, 1944 was between 9.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
  • March 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
  • June 10 » In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
  • July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
  • November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
  • December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.

Day of death March 25, 2012

• The temperature on March 25, 2012 was between 3.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • February 23 » A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
  • June 13 » A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
  • July 30 » A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300million people without power in northern India.
  • August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
  • October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
  • December 19 » Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (b. 1943)
• 2012 » Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (b. 1988)
• 2012 » Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
• 2012 » John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (b. 1915)
• 2012 » Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)