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Day of marriage May 19, 1943

• The temperature on May 19, 1943 was between 3.9 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • 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.
  • April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
  • July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
  • September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
  • November 28 » World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
  • December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.

Day of death May 27, 2016

• The temperature on May 27, 2016 was between 10.6 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • March 16 » A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.
  • March 22 » Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
  • April 10 » An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
  • July 26 » Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
  • September 17 » Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
  • October 9 » The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2014 » Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2015 » Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1929)
• 2015 » Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
• 2015 » Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
• 2017 » Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)