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Day of marriage March 24, 1933

• The temperature on March 24, 1933 was between -1.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • February 15 » In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
  • May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
  • July 8 » The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
  • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
  • August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
  • November 8 » Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.

Day of death February 2, 1944

• The temperature on February 2, 1944 was between 6.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
  • June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
  • July 6 » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
  • September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
  • October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1942 » Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)