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Day of marriage February 1, 1939

• The temperature on February 1, 1939 was between -3.5 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
  • April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
  • May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
  • August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
  • September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
  • September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.

Day of death January 8, 2001

• The temperature on January 8, 2001 was between 1.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 20 » President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
  • April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
  • June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
  • July 2 » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
  • July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
  • July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.

Day of cremation January 15, 2001

• The temperature on January 15, 2001 was between -4.8 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • February 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
  • March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
  • May 21 » French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
  • June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
  • December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
  • December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 2002 » Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 2004 » John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930)