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Day of marriage November 20, 1942

• The temperature on November 20, 1942 was between 6.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
  • July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
  • August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
  • October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
  • November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

Day of death November 19, 1997

• The temperature on November 19, 1997 was between 2.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
  • March 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
  • March 13 » The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
  • May 10 » The 7.3 M_w Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.
  • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
  • July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1998 » Bernard Thompson, English director and producer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Alexander Liberman, Russian-American artist and publisher (b. 1912)
• 2001 » Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)