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Day of marriage April 17, 1942

• The temperature on April 17, 1942 was between 6.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
  • August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
  • October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
  • November 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
  • November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
  • December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

Day of death August 17, 1984

• The temperature on August 17, 1984 was between 10.6 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (79%). 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, 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 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
  • February 7 » Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
  • June 3 » Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
  • August 11 » "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
  • October 11 » Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
  • December 22 » "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
• 1987 » Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
• 1987 » Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1988 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)