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Birthday November 15, 1947

• The temperature on November 15, 1947 was between 3.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
  • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
  • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player
• 1947 » Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1947 » Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1947 » Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
• 1948 » Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat