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Day of marriage December 21, 1944

• The temperature on December 21, 1944 was between 2.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • January 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
  • April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
  • July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
  • September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
  • October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
  • November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.

Day of death December 24, 1998

• The temperature on December 24, 1998 was between 1.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 4 » A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
  • February 28 » First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
  • March 24 » Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
  • July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
  • September 4 » Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
  • October 29 » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1997 » Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)
• 1997 » Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)