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Day of marriage May 25, 1944

• The temperature on May 25, 1944 was between 9.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
  • February 17 » World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
  • August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
  • August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
  • October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.

Day of death March 25, 2007

• The temperature on March 25, 2007 was between 6.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
  • July 7 » The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
  • August 3 » Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
  • August 23 » The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
  • September 11 » Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
  • December 5 » Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills eight people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b. 1950)
• 2006 » Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2007 » Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
• 2008 » Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)