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Day of marriage November 11, 1944

• The temperature on November 11, 1944 was between 1.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
  • August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
  • October 8 » World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
  • November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
  • December 16 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.

Day of death March 25, 2013

• The temperature on March 25, 2013 was between -2.4 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • January 15 » A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
  • April 15 » A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
  • April 16 » A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
  • April 17 » An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
  • June 7 » A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
  • June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)
• 2013 » Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)
• 2013 » Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)
• 2013 » John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)