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Day of marriage April 18, 1944

• The temperature on April 18, 1944 was between 2.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 1 » Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
  • June 12 » World War II: Operation Overlord: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
  • June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
  • September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
  • October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
  • November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

Day of death June 8, 1983

• The temperature on June 8, 1983 was between 14.0 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
  • April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
  • May 17 » The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2million pounds [1.9kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
  • July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
  • November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
  • December 4 » US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian Missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. 1 American pilot was killed, one was rescued and one is captured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1971 » J.I. Rodale, American author and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1976 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
• 1982 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1987 » Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)