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Day of marriage October 27, 1942

• The temperature on October 27, 1942 was between 6.2 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
  • February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
  • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
  • August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
  • November 10 » World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
  • November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

Day of death December 14, 1996

• The temperature on December 14, 1996 was between -4.8 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 27 » In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
  • February 9 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
  • April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
  • June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
  • August 6 » The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
  • December 30 » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1910)
• 1995 » G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (b. 1922)
• 1996 » Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Emily Cheney Neville, American author (b. 1919)
• 1997 » Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1997 » Stubby Kaye, American actor and comedian (b. 1918)