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Day of marriage December 21, 1942

• The temperature on December 21, 1942 was between 4.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
  • May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
  • July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
  • July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
  • November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
  • November 19 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

Day of death July 16, 2008

• The temperature on July 16, 2008 was between 14.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
  • July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
  • August 6 » A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
  • August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
  • September 7 » The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  • September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.

Day of burial July 21, 2008

• The temperature on July 21, 2008 was between 11.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
  • March 19 » GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
  • May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
  • August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
  • September 20 » A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
  • November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2005 » Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2006 » Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)
• 2007 » Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and historian (b. 1943)
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