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Day of marriage May 16, 1941

• The temperature on May 16, 1941 was between -0.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 19 » World War II: HMSGreyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 40 miles (64km) northeast of Falkonera.
  • April 23 » World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
  • May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
  • July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
  • September 27 » The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
  • October 8 » World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

Day of death March 29, 1985

• The temperature on March 29, 1985 was between 4.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
  • May 13 » Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
  • July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
  • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
  • December 27 » Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Carl Orff, German composer and educator (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (b. 1897)
• 1982 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)