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Day of marriage October 23, 1941

• The temperature on October 23, 1941 was between 2.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • March 2 » World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
  • April 1 » A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
  • June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
  • September 28 » World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
  • September 29 » World War II: German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
  • November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.

Day of death August 12, 1961

• The temperature on August 12, 1961 was between 6.7 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
  • March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
  • May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
  • June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
  • July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
  • December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 1967 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)