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Day of marriage February 8, 1943

• The temperature on February 8, 1943 was between -2.0 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • January 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
  • April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • September 10 » World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.
  • November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
  • November 26 » World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.

Day of death April 12, 1997

• The temperature on April 12, 1997 was between 1.8 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
  • August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
  • September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
  • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
  • November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Ilario Bandini, Italian racing driver and businessman (b. 1911)
• 1997 » George Wald, American neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2001 » Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)
• 2002 » George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)