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Day of marriage September 7, 1940

• The temperature on September 7, 1940 was between 7.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
  • June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
  • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
  • July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
  • November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
  • November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

Day of death June 17, 1997

• The temperature on June 17, 1997 was between 7.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
  • May 27 » The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
  • August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
  • August 26 » Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
  • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
  • December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1996 » Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923)
• 2000 » Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
• 2001 » Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)