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Day of marriage June 17, 1940

• The temperature on June 17, 1940 was between 13.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
  • June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
  • July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
  • August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
  • November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Day of death April 14, 1992

• The temperature on April 14, 1992 was between 7.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
  • July 19 » A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
  • September 12 » Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
  • September 29 » Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
  • October 27 » United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
  • December 14 » War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.

Source: Wikipedia

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