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Day of marriage September 14, 1940

• The temperature on September 14, 1940 was between 7.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • February 10 » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
  • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
  • October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
  • November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
  • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
  • December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

Day of death October 13, 1968

• The temperature on October 13, 1968 was between 11.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 17 » In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
  • April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
  • April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
  • October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
  • October 20 » Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
  • October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
• 1974 » Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)