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Day of marriage March 2, 1940

• The temperature on March 2, 1940 was between -4.0 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
  • June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
  • June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
  • June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
  • August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
  • October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.

Day of death August 11, 1996

• The temperature on August 11, 1996 was between 14.8 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The 8.2 M_w  Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
  • March 18 » A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
  • September 5 » Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
  • September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
  • October 2 » The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
  • November 23 » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 1994 » Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)
• 1996 » Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)