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Day of marriage February 24, 1940

• The temperature on February 24, 1940 was between 1.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
  • June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
  • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
  • November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
  • December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

Day of death May 13, 2001

• The temperature on May 13, 2001 was between 10.5 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly or heavily 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, 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.
  • January 26 » The 7.7 M_w Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
  • February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
  • July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
  • November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
  • November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
  • December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Saudi Arabian scholar and academic (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (b. 1951)
• 2000 » Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2001 » Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (b. 1939)
• 2002 » Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)