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Day of marriage July 15, 1943

• The temperature on July 15, 1943 was between 8.9 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
  • August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
  • October 14 » World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
  • December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
  • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
  • December 26 » World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.

Day of death June 23, 1996

• The temperature on June 23, 1996 was between 10.0 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 19 » The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
  • June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
  • June 13 » The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
  • July 18 » Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.
  • September 4 » War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
  • November 21 » Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Roger Grimsby, American journalist (b. 1928)
• 1996 » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• 1996 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and rugby player (b. 1921)
• 1997 » Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1936)