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Day of marriage February 10, 1943

• The temperature on February 10, 1943 was between 1.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
  • June 1 » BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
  • August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
  • September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
  • November 16 » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
  • November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

Day of death August 15, 1991

• The temperature on August 15, 1991 was between 10.8 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
  • January 13 » Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1000 others.
  • April 9 » Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
  • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
  • August 21 » Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
  • October 7 » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.

Day of burial August 19, 1991

• The temperature on August 19, 1991 was between 8.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
  • April 26 » 55 tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.
  • July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
  • August 24 » Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
  • October 16 » George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
  • December 2 » Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
• 1992 » Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
• 1995 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)