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Day of marriage March 2, 1942

• The temperature on March 2, 1942 was between -1.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (73%). 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
  • September 3 » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
  • October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
  • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
  • November 10 » World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
  • November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.

Day of death May 24, 1994

• The temperature on May 24, 1994 was between 8.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • May 21 » The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
  • June 23 » NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
  • August 14 » Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
  • October 29 » Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton.
  • November 13 » In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
  • November 20 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1992 » Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1995 » Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
• 1996 » Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)