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Day of marriage July 29, 1942

• The temperature on July 29, 1942 was between 10.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 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 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
  • March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
  • June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
  • August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
  • November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

Day of death September 17, 1973

• The temperature on September 17, 1973 was between 13.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • March 29 » Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
  • July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
  • August 22 » The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
  • September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
  • October 20 » "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
  • December 6 » The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 » Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)