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Day of marriage July 16, 1942

• The temperature on July 16, 1942 was between 8.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
  • February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
  • May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
  • June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
  • July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
  • August 23 » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Day of death January 19, 1997

• The temperature on January 19, 1997 was between 1.1 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
  • May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
  • July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
  • August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
  • November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1996 » Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 1997 » James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
• 2000 » Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, Bahá’í Hand of the Cause of God and wife of Shoghi Effendi (b. 1910)