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Day of marriage March 6, 1940

• The temperature on March 6, 1940 was between -1.2 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
  • June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
  • July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
  • September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
  • September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
  • November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.

Day of death April 26, 1988

• The temperature on April 26, 1988 was between -1.5 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
  • March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
  • April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • August 28 » Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
  • September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.
  • October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
• 1987 » John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)