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Day of marriage March 13, 1943

• The temperature on March 13, 1943 was between -0.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (53%). 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 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.
  • January 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
  • February 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
  • September 8 » World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) is attacked in an air raid on Frascati.
  • September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
  • December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
  • December 28 » Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.

Day of death July 30, 2004

• The temperature on July 30, 2004 was between 11.8 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
  • September 3 » Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
  • September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
  • October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
  • November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
  • December 20 » A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (b. 1923)
• 2003 » Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1962)
• 2005 » John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
• 2006 » Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist and author(b. 1946)