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Day of marriage April 6, 1944

• The temperature on April 6, 1944 was between 4.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
  • August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
  • August 20 » World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
  • 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.
  • September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
  • October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.

Day of death November 11, 2005

• The temperature on November 11, 2005 was between 10.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 25 » A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
  • March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
  • July 7 » A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
  • October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
  • November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
  • December 7 » Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b. 1939)
• 2005 » Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)