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Day of marriage May 5, 1942

• The temperature on May 5, 1942 was between -1.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • February 10 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
  • March 26 » World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
  • May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
  • August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.

Day of death February 4, 1990

• The temperature on February 4, 1990 was between 4.0 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 12 » Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
  • February 14 » The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
  • July 22 » Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
  • July 27 » The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
  • August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
  • September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist, (b. 1919)
• 1987 » Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956)
• 1990 » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
• 1992 » John Dehner, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1995 » Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1921)