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Day of marriage May 6, 1943

• The temperature on May 6, 1943 was between 5.0 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
  • July 9 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
  • September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
  • October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
  • November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • December 24 » World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.

Day of death January 12, 2005

• The temperature on January 12, 2005 was between 5.4 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 22 » Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
  • May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
  • July 2 » The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
  • July 29 » Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
  • August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
  • December 3 » XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (b. 1912)
• 2003 » Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (b. 1918)