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Day of marriage October 26, 1942

• The temperature on October 26, 1942 was between 5.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
  • February 11 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
  • February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
  • June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
  • August 24 » World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USSEnterprise is heavily damaged.

Day of death July 22, 2001

• The temperature on July 22, 2001 was between 14.4 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • April 1 » An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
  • July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
  • October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
  • October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
  • November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
  • December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2000 » Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)