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Day of marriage March 6, 1942

• The temperature on March 6, 1942 was between -8.6 °C and -4.4 °C and averaged -6.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
  • November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

Day of death February 26, 1986

• The temperature on February 26, 1986 was between -10.4 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
  • March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
  • April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
  • April 26 » A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
  • May 19 » The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
  • September 28 » The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914)
• 1985 » Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (b. 1911)
• 1993 » Constance Ford, American model and actress (b. 1923)
• 1994 » Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)