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Day of marriage May 23, 1942

• The temperature on May 23, 1942 was between 9.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
  • February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
  • May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
  • June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
  • June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
  • November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.

Day of death September 15, 1975

• The temperature on September 15, 1975 was between 11.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
  • June 12 » India, Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha of the city of Allahabad ruled that India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used corrupt practices to win her seat in the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office. Mrs. Gandhi sent word that she refused to resign.
  • September 16 » Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
  • November 7 » In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
  • November 22 » Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
  • November 25 » Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
• 1975 » Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)