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Day of marriage August 23, 1945

• The temperature on August 23, 1945 was between 11.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
  • April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
  • April 21 » World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
  • May 2 » World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.
  • May 5 » World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
  • June 29 » The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.

Day of death October 4, 1989

• The temperature on October 4, 1989 was between 2.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport (Azores) killing all 144 passengers on board.
  • February 24 » United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
  • August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • November 22 » In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
  • December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
  • December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

Source: Wikipedia

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