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Day of marriage November 15, 1945

• The temperature on November 15, 1945 was between -1.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
  • April 11 » World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
  • June 21 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
  • July 16 » World War II: The heavy cruiser USSIndianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
  • August 30 » The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
  • October 21 » French women vote for the first time during the 1945 French legislative election.

Day of death August 25, 2007

• The temperature on August 25, 2007 was between 12.6 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • April 16 » Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
  • April 18 » A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
  • June 30 » A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
  • August 1 » The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
  • September 24 » Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
  • November 9 » The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)
• 2006 » Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
• 2008 » Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (b. 1931)
• 2008 » Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)