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Day of marriage October 8, 1943

• The temperature on October 8, 1943 was between 5.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
  • July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
  • July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
  • October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
  • November 1 » World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
  • December 26 » World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.

Day of death February 8, 2001

• The temperature on February 8, 2001 was between 2.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
  • July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
  • September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
  • November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
  • December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Source: Wikipedia

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