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Day of marriage December 2, 1943

• The temperature on December 2, 1943 was between 0.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
  • March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
  • June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
  • July 11 » Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
  • September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.

Day of death February 23, 1989

• The temperature on February 23, 1989 was between 2.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
  • April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
  • May 4 » Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
  • August 7 » U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
  • November 10 » Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
  • November 27 » Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.

Source: Wikipedia

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