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Day of marriage November 16, 1940

• The temperature on November 16, 1940 was between 4.4 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
  • March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
  • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
  • July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
  • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  • October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

Day of death May 28, 2010

• The temperature on May 28, 2010 was between 4.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 27 » The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
  • February 27 » An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
  • May 31 » Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.
  • July 28 » Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
  • August 6 » Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
  • November 19 » The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

Day of cremation June 2, 2010

• The temperature on June 2, 2010 was between 10.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 12 » An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
  • February 13 » A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
  • March 26 » The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
  • May 28 » In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
  • June 16 » Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
  • August 24 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, and academic (b. 1945)
• 2008 » Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)
• 2011 » Gino Valenzano, Italian racing driver (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Bob Edwards, English journalist (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1958)