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Day of marriage December 30, 1943

• The temperature on December 30, 1943 was between 0.1 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
  • June 20 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
  • July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
  • October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
  • November 16 » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
  • November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.

Day of death May 22, 2009

• The temperature on May 22, 2009 was between 6.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
  • April 9 » In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
  • September 2 » The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
  • October 3 » Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join together in the Turkic Council.
  • November 5 » U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
  • December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
• 2008 » Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)
• 2010 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)
• 2011 » Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)