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Day of marriage May 12, 1942

• The temperature on May 12, 1942 was between 8.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
  • March 17 » Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
  • May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
  • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
  • June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.

Day of death September 6, 2006

• The temperature on September 6, 2006 was between 16.6 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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, 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.
  • March 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
  • April 8 » Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.
  • July 6 » The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
  • July 9 » One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
  • August 27 » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
  • December 30 » The Indonesian passenger ferry MVSenopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
• 2007 » Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
• 2007 » Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (b. 1918)
• 2008 » Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2009 » Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)