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Day of marriage May 9, 1943

• The temperature on May 9, 1943 was between 3.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • June 3 » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
  • June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
  • July 11 » Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
  • July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
  • July 24 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
  • December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.

Day of death August 27, 2006

• The temperature on August 27, 2006 was between 10.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 27 » Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
  • May 21 » The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
  • July 1 » The first operation of Qinghai–Tibet Railway is conducted in China.
  • November 27 » The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
  • December 18 » United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
  • December 30 » Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2005 » Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Seán Purcell, Irish footballer (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (b. 1969) (Napalm Death)
• 2007 » Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)