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Day of marriage November 19, 1940

• The temperature on November 19, 1940 was between 2.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
  • May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
  • May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
  • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
  • September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
  • November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.

Day of death November 7, 2005

• The temperature on November 7, 2005 was between 8.3 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
  • June 21 » Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
  • July 7 » A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
  • August 15 » Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
  • August 17 » Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
  • October 19 » Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Howard Keel, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)
• 2006 » Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (b. 1930)
• 2006 » Bryan Pata, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2006 » Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician, co-founded L'Express (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)