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Day of marriage April 13, 1944

• The temperature on April 13, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • June 22 » World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
  • August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
  • August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
  • September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
  • December 16 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
  • December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

Day of death January 7, 2003

• The temperature on January 7, 2003 was between -8.2 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 27 » The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
  • February 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
  • February 15 » Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
  • May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
  • August 14 » A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
  • October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.

Day of burial January 10, 2003

• The temperature on January 10, 2003 was between -8.3 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 5 » In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
  • May 1 » Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSAbraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
  • July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
  • August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
  • September 12 » Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
  • December 26 » The 6.6 M_w  Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)
• 2001 » James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)
• 2002 » Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
• 2005 » Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)