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Day of marriage February 8, 1944

• The temperature on February 8, 1944 was between 1.0 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 4 » World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
  • March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
  • April 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
  • July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
  • July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
  • August 5 » World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.

Day of death January 10, 2000

• The temperature on January 10, 2000 was between -4 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
  • June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
  • October 12 » The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
  • November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
  • November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
• 2004 » Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)