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Day of marriage September 17, 1943

• The temperature on September 17, 1943 was between 9.0 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
  • June 1 » BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
  • September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
  • September 7 » World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
  • November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.
  • December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.

Day of death December 16, 2013

• The temperature on December 16, 2013 was between 7.9 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The heavily clouded 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, 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.
  • January 4 » A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
  • January 15 » A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
  • April 15 » Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
  • April 20 » A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
  • July 18 » The Government of Detroit, with up to $20billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
  • August 14 » Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.

Day of cremation December 20, 2013

• The temperature on December 20, 2013 was between 3.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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, 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.
  • March 22 » At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
  • May 11 » Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
  • June 26 » Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
  • July 13 » Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160million in East China and Taiwan.
  • August 14 » UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.
  • August 15 » At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.

Source: Wikipedia

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