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Day of marriage December 19, 1941

• The temperature on December 19, 1941 was between 2.9 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
  • June 3 » World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
  • August 24 » Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
  • September 8 » World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
  • November 1 » American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
  • November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

Day of death September 26, 2004

• The temperature on September 26, 2004 was between 9.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
  • February 18 » Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
  • May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
  • May 28 » The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
  • September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
  • November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 2003 » Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)
• 2004 » Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
• 2005 » Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)