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Day of marriage October 4, 1945

• The temperature on October 4, 1945 was between 5.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 23 » World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
  • April 12 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
  • April 20 » Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
  • April 25 » The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
  • October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
  • October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.

Day of death October 10, 2011

• The temperature on October 10, 2011 was between 16.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
  • March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
  • April 1 » After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
  • July 8 » Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
  • August 6 » War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
  • November 26 » The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.

Source: Wikipedia

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