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Day of marriage July 22, 1942

• The temperature on July 22, 1942 was between 12.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.1 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
  • February 24 » An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
  • April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
  • May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
  • July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.

Day of death November 27, 2004

• The temperature on November 27, 2004 was between 6.3 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast 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.
  • February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
  • February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
  • April 24 » The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
  • July 16 » Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  • October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
  • December 31 » The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670ft).

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (b. 1950)
• 2006 » Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)