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Day of marriage December 27, 1945

• The temperature on December 27, 1945 was between 3.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 30 » World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
  • February 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
  • March 15 » World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
  • 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.
  • August 25 » Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
  • September 5 » Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.

Day of death August 17, 2011

• The temperature on August 17, 2011 was between 13.4 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 11 » Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
  • February 22 » New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people.
  • March 12 » A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
  • April 19 » Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
  • April 29 » The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • July 13 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.

Day of cremation August 22, 2011

• The temperature on August 22, 2011 was between 12.2 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 25 » The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
  • May 16 » STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
  • June 1 » A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
  • July 28 » While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
  • September 29 » The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
  • October 15 » The 2011 Global Protests occur.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2010 » Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
• 2012 » Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)
• 2012 » John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)
• 2012 » Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)
• 2013 » Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938)