FutureHistory » Ludovicus Carolus "Louis" (Ludovicus Carolus "Louis") Peeters (1913-1999)

Day of marriage October 7, 1939

• The temperature on October 7, 1939 was between 4.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
  • April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
  • September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
  • September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
  • November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
  • November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

Day of death June 30, 1999

• The temperature on June 30, 1999 was between 10.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
  • July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
  • July 31 » Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
  • August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
  • August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
  • October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

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