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Day of marriage May 3, 1944

• The temperature on May 3, 1944 was between 4.3 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
  • January 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
  • July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
  • August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
  • August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
  • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.

Day of death July 6, 2000

• The temperature on July 6, 2000 was between 13.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
  • April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
  • June 21 » Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
  • November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
  • November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 2000 » Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
• 2002 » John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)