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Day of marriage October 27, 1942

• The temperature on October 27, 1942 was between 6.2 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
  • April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
  • May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
  • August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
  • November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
  • November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

Day of death February 18, 2013

• The temperature on February 18, 2013 was between -1.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • April 18 » A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
  • May 25 » Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
  • June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • August 19 » The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
  • October 15 » The 7.2 M_w Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Elizabeth Connell, South African-English soprano (b. 1946)
• 2012 » George Brizan, Grenadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)
• 2013 » Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 2014 » Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986)
• 2014 » Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)