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Day of marriage May 29, 1941

• The temperature on May 29, 1941 was between 9.8 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • August 29 » World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
  • September 17 » World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
  • October 11 » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
  • November 14 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarineU-81 sustained on November 13.
  • December 1 » World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
  • December 12 » Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.

Day of death May 20, 2005

• The temperature on May 20, 2005 was between 13.1 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). 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.
  • February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
  • April 9 » Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
  • June 21 » Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
  • July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
  • October 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
  • October 29 » Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)
• 2005 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)
• 2005 » William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)