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Day of marriage July 8, 1944

• The temperature on July 8, 1944 was between 14.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
  • July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
  • September 5 » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
  • October 19 » A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
  • November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
  • December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.

Day of death May 29, 2008

• The temperature on May 29, 2008 was between 11.9 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
  • February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
  • February 29 » The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.
  • June 11 » Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
  • September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
  • December 9 » The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2007 » Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2008 » Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (b. 1927)
• 2008 » Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
• 2008 » Paula Gunn Allen, Native American writer (b. 1939)