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Day of marriage April 22, 1943

• The temperature on April 22, 1943 was between 9.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 21 » Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
  • April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
  • July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
  • August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
  • December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
  • December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

Day of death December 19, 2002

• The temperature on December 19, 2002 was between -1.8 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
  • February 27 » Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
  • April 4 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
  • May 9 » The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
  • July 2 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
  • December 13 » European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1958)
• 2002 » Arthur Rowley, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2002 » George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1907)
• 2002 » Will Hoy, English race car driver (b. 1952)
• 2003 » Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer, founded Carter-Ruck (b. 1914)