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Day of marriage August 3, 1944

• The temperature on August 3, 1944 was between 13.3 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
  • March 24 » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
  • July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
  • August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
  • November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
  • November 19 » World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.

Day of death July 5, 1949

• The temperature on July 5, 1949 was between 10.8 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)