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Day of marriage April 28, 1939

• The temperature on April 28, 1939 was between 2.5 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
  • July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
  • August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
  • September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
  • September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
  • November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.

Day of death March 29, 2000

• The temperature on March 29, 2000 was between 4.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, 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 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • February 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
  • June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
  • August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
  • November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
  • November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

Day of burial April 3, 2000

• The temperature on April 3, 2000 was between 6.8 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (46%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
  • May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
  • August 11 » An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
  • October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
  • October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
  • 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 » Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1999 » Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Joe Williams, American jazz singer (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Helge Ingstad, Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
• 2001 » John Lewis, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)