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Day of marriage September 21, 1940

• The temperature on September 21, 1940 was between 8.4 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
  • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
  • May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
  • August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
  • September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.

Day of death April 18, 1966

• The temperature on April 18, 1966 was between 3.5 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
  • July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
  • August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
  • September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
  • November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

Source: Wikipedia

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