FutureHistory » Johan Albert "Johan" (Johan Albert "Johan") Buytaert (1919-2009)

Day of marriage August 9, 1944

• The temperature on August 9, 1944 was between 11.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
  • February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
  • July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
  • August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
  • September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
  • December 15 » World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.

Day of death December 24, 2009

• The temperature on December 24, 2009 was between -2.7 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
  • February 10 » The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
  • March 21 » Four police officers are shot and killed and a fifth is wounded in two shootings at Oakland, California.
  • April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
  • April 12 » Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
  • November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.

Source: Wikipedia

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