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Day of marriage February 1, 1944

• The temperature on February 1, 1944 was between 5.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
  • August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
  • August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
  • August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
  • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
  • November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

Day of death November 12, 1996

• The temperature on November 12, 1996 was between 5.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
  • April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
  • July 17 » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
  • October 7 » Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
  • November 5 » Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
  • November 18 » A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 1994 » Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)
• 1997 » Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Roy Hollis, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 1998 » Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1938)
• 2000 » Franck Pourcel, French conductor and composer (b. 1913)