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Day of marriage January 30, 1940

• The temperature on January 30, 1940 was between -8.3 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
  • May 15 » USSSailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
  • July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
  • September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
  • September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
  • December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

Day of death January 8, 2013

• The temperature on January 8, 2013 was between 6.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 11 » The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
  • April 29 » National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
  • May 30 » Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
  • July 2 » The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
  • October 16 » Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
  • November 17 » A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938)
• 2012 » John Madin, English architect, designed the Birmingham Central Library (b. 1924)
• 2012 » T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (b. 1943)
• 2013 » Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)