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Day of marriage May 21, 1942

• The temperature on May 21, 1942 was between 8.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • February 8 » World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.
  • July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
  • August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
  • September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
  • October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
  • October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.

Day of death June 29, 2001

• The temperature on June 29, 2001 was between 14.4 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
  • October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
  • October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
  • November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
  • November 27 » A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Day of burial July 5, 2001

• The temperature on July 5, 2001 was between 16.3 °C and 31.6 °C and averaged 25.2 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
  • July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
  • August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
  • September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
  • November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
  • December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (b. 1936)
• 1999 » Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1937)
• 1999 » Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1950)
• 2000 » Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2002 » Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)