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Day of marriage May 17, 1939

• The temperature on May 17, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
  • September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
  • September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
  • September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
  • October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
  • November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.

Day of death November 27, 1975

• The temperature on November 27, 1975 was between 1.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • March 10 » Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
  • April 29 » Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Trường Sa Islands.
  • May 30 » European Space Agency is established.
  • July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
  • July 17 » Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
  • August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Frank Christian, American trumpet player (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Alberto Massimino, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)
• 1978 » George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)
• 1978 » Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)