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Day of marriage October 21, 1943

• The temperature on October 21, 1943 was between 9.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 21 » Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
  • July 23 » The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
  • August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
  • October 14 » World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
  • October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
  • November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.

Day of death February 26, 2002

• The temperature on February 26, 2002 was between 7.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
  • March 27 » Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
  • May 3 » An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
  • May 25 » China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
  • October 12 » Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
  • November 28 » Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 2000 » George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)
• 2002 » Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
• 2004 » Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)