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Day of marriage May 7, 1943

• The temperature on May 7, 1943 was between 3.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
  • April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
  • August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
  • November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
  • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

Day of death August 24, 1987

• The temperature on August 24, 1987 was between 10.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
  • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
  • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
  • August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
  • September 2 » In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
  • November 28 » South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)
• 1990 » Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941)