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Day of marriage March 7, 1942

• The temperature on March 7, 1942 was between -4.3 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 30 » World War II: Battle of Ambon. Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are massacred at Laha airfield. Three-fourths of remaining POWs will not have survived by the end of the war, including 250 men who will be shipped to Hainan Island in South China Sea and never returned.
  • February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
  • August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
  • September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
  • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
  • November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.

Day of death November 12, 1979

• The temperature on November 12, 1979 was between -0.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
  • February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
  • February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
  • July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
  • October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
  • November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)