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Day of marriage June 29, 1944

• The temperature on June 29, 1944 was between 12.4 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • June 15 » In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
  • June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
  • September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
  • October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
  • November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
  • December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

Day of death January 30, 1966

• The temperature on January 30, 1966 was between 8.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
  • March 4 » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
  • April 21 » Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
  • September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
  • October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
  • November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (b. 1885)