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Day of marriage December 2, 1942

• The average temperature on December 2, 1942 was 2.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  • February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
  • March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
  • July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
  • November 13 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  • December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.

Day of death March 9, 2005

• The temperature on March 9, 2005 was between 1.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
  • February 14 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
  • March 3 » James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
  • July 22 » Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
  • August 19 » The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
  • December 30 » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Stan Brakhage, American director and cinematographer (b. 1933)
• 2006 » John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Tom Fox, American activist (b. 1951)
• 2007 » Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
• 2007 » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)