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Day of marriage December 26, 1943

• The temperature on December 26, 1943 was between 3.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
  • March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
  • April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
  • May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Day of death December 4, 2001

• The temperature on December 4, 2001 was between 8.2 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The heavily 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.
  • February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
  • April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
  • August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
  • September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
  • November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Day of burial December 5, 2001

• The temperature on December 5, 2001 was between 4.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily 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.
  • February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
  • March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
  • May 27 » Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
  • September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
  • October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
  • December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
• 2000 » Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
• 2003 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)
• 2005 » Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)