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Day of marriage February 22, 1940

• The temperature on February 22, 1940 was between -2.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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 10 » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
  • March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
  • March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
  • September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
  • September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
  • October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.

Day of death August 28, 1988

• The temperature on August 28, 1988 was between 15.1 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
  • March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
  • March 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
  • June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
  • July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
  • August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
• 1987 » John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 1989 » John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (b. 1950)
• 1990 » Willy Vandersteen, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)