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Day of marriage January 29, 1942

• The temperature on January 29, 1942 was between -4.1 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
  • May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
  • May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
  • May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
  • August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
  • December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Day of death November 29, 1976

• The temperature on November 29, 1976 was between 6.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
  • February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
  • August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
  • September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
  • October 6 » Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1974 » James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
• 1975 » Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
• 1980 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)
• 1980 » George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)