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Day of marriage October 10, 1940

• The temperature on October 10, 1940 was between 7.1 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
  • March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
  • June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
  • November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
  • November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
  • November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Day of death December 26, 1977

• The temperature on December 26, 1977 was between 6.0 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
  • April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
  • July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • August 13 » Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
  • November 6 » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
  • December 18 » United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)