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Day of marriage January 25, 1940

• The temperature on January 25, 1940 was between -10.7 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 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 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
  • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
  • September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
  • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
  • November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.

Day of death May 6, 1996

• The temperature on May 6, 1996 was between -2.3 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • 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.
  • February 13 » The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
  • February 16 » A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
  • June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
  • November 5 » Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
  • December 9 » Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topfree in Ontario, Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)
• 1993 » Ann Todd, English actress and producer (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
• 2000 » Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)