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Day of marriage May 25, 1940

• The temperature on May 25, 1940 was between 8.7 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
  • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
  • August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
  • November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
  • November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
  • December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

Day of death December 27, 2006

• The temperature on December 27, 2006 was between -0.1 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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, 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.
  • February 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
  • March 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
  • July 1 » The first operation of Qinghai–Tibet Railway is conducted in China.
  • November 5 » Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.
  • November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
  • November 23 » A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)
• 2007 » Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)
• 2008 » Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)