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Day of marriage May 1, 1941

• The temperature on May 1, 1941 was between 8.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 5 » 37-year-old pilot Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.
  • June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
  • July 7 » The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
  • November 14 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarineU-81 sustained on November 13.
  • December 6 » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
  • December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.

Day of death September 15, 1994

• The temperature on September 15, 1994 was between 11.0 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 15.9 mm of rain during 12.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • April 14 » In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
  • May 1 » Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident whilst leading the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
  • May 5 » American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
  • July 18 » Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
  • August 12 » Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
  • October 14 » Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.

Source: Wikipedia

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