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Day of marriage May 17, 1940

• The temperature on May 17, 1940 was between 2.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
  • March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
  • May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
  • September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
  • September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
  • November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.

Day of death June 5, 2009

• The temperature on June 5, 2009 was between 5.0 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
  • January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
  • June 9 » An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • October 9 » First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
  • October 28 » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
  • December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
• 2009 » Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
• 2012 » Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
• 2012 » Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
• 2012 » Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1920)