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Day of marriage May 21, 1943

• The temperature on May 21, 1943 was between 10.3 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
  • June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
  • September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
  • October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
  • November 5 » World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
  • 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 July 29, 1978

• The temperature on July 29, 1978 was between 15.0 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 23.1 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
  • March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
  • March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Cass Elliot, American singer (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
• 1978 » Andrzej Bogucki, Polish actor, operetta singer, and songwriter (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)