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Day of marriage December 2, 1940

• The temperature on December 2, 1940 was between -5.5 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
  • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
  • June 8 » World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
  • August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
  • September 9 » Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
  • December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

Day of death January 19, 1990

• The temperature on January 19, 1990 was between 3.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
  • March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
  • March 18 » In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
  • April 7 » Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
  • November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
  • November 14 » After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.

Day of burial January 24, 1990

• The temperature on January 24, 1990 was between 3.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
  • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  • July 11 » Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
  • August 23 » Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  • November 5 » Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 1990 » Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Herbert Wehner, German politician, 6th Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)