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Day of marriage December 13, 1940

• The temperature on December 13, 1940 was between -3.3 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
  • May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
  • June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
  • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
  • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
  • November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Day of death January 1, 2003

• The temperature on January 1, 2003 was between -0.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 16.9 mm of rain during 12.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  • August 14 » Project Thread, an operation launched by CSIS and other Canadian law enforcement agencies, saw the arrest and incarceration of 24 innocent Muslim men, most of them young Pakistani students.
  • October 9 » Mission: Space opens to the public in Walt Disney World.
  • November 22 » England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907)
• 2001 » Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)