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Day of marriage June 16, 1943

• The temperature on June 16, 1943 was between 6.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
  • April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
  • April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
  • June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
  • September 30 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
  • December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.

Day of death April 8, 2017

• The temperature on April 8, 2017 was between 2.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
  • June 3 » London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
  • June 12 » American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
  • August 17 » Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
  • November 21 » Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
  • December 11 » New York City attempted bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2014 » Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)
• 2015 » David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (b. 1933)
• 2015 » Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1934)
• 2015 » Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2015 » Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987)