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Day of marriage December 20, 1940

• The temperature on December 20, 1940 was between -6.4 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
  • May 26 » World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
  • June 15 » World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
  • September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
  • September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
  • November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Day of death July 9, 1964

• The temperature on July 9, 1964 was between 11.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • February 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
  • May 20 » Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
  • May 29 » The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
  • August 28 » The Philadelphia race riot begins.
  • November 28 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
• 1961 » Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(b. 1901)
• 1962 » Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1897)
• 1967 » Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (b. 1893)
• 1970 » Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress (b. 1899)