FutureHistory » Elisa Maria Raemdonck (1917-1968)

Day of marriage April 5, 1940

• The temperature on April 5, 1940 was between 4.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
  • May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
  • June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
  • July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
  • September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
  • December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

Day of death March 30, 1968

• The temperature on March 30, 1968 was between 4.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
  • July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
  • July 23 » The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
  • August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
  • September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
  • December 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1967 » Frank Thorpe, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Jean Toomer, American poet and novelist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (b. 1934)