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Day of marriage March 27, 1944

• The temperature on March 27, 1944 was between 4.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
  • January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
  • February 17 » World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
  • September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
  • September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
  • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.

Day of death June 10, 1965

• The temperature on June 10, 1965 was between 9.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • April 7 » Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
  • September 20 » Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
  • November 27 » Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
  • December 4 » Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.
  • December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Vahap Özaltay, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1971 » Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)