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Day of marriage April 4, 1940

• The temperature on April 4, 1940 was between 4.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
  • July 6 » Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
  • October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
  • November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
  • November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
  • November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

Day of death May 19, 1999

• The temperature on May 19, 1999 was between 12.4 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
  • April 5 » Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
  • May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
  • July 31 » Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
  • August 10 » Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
  • August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 » Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
• 2002 » John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)