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Day of marriage April 25, 1941

• The temperature on April 25, 1941 was between 0.4 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
  • June 14 » June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
  • August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
  • October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.
  • December 17 » World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
  • December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Day of death February 20, 1995

• The temperature on February 20, 1995 was between 6.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 26 » The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
  • April 19 » Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
  • September 6 » Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
  • September 22 » An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
  • October 15 » Marco Campos dies in a race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, the only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series.
  • November 13 » Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.

Day of burial February 24, 1995

• The temperature on February 24, 1995 was between -0.5 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
  • February 22 » The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
  • February 28 » Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election.
  • May 28 » The 7.0 M_w  Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
  • November 21 » The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • November 30 » Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898)
• 1993 » Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Audrey Munson, American model (b. 1891)
• 1996 » Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1996 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)