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Day of marriage March 31, 1945

• The temperature on March 31, 1945 was between 7.2 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 23 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
  • February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
  • July 26 » World War II: HMSVestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
  • August 11 » Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
  • August 30 » The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.
  • October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.

Day of death October 9, 1997

• The temperature on October 9, 1997 was between 15.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
  • April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
  • July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
  • November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
  • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
  • December 15 » Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.

Source: Wikipedia

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