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Day of marriage November 1, 1939

• The temperature on November 1, 1939 was between -1.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
  • March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
  • April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
  • September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
  • September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
  • October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.

Day of death January 3, 2001

• The temperature on January 3, 2001 was between 4.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The 7.7 M_w Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
  • June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
  • September 18 » First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
  • October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
  • October 8 » A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
  • November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)