Family tree Glasmeier-Buhrs » Johannes Gerardus Antonius (Joop) Bührs (1922-2014)

Day of marriage March 6, 1947

• The temperature on March 6, 1947 was between -2.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
  • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
  • July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
  • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of death July 17, 2014

• The temperature on July 17, 2014 was between 14.6 °C and 28.3 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • April 21 » The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
  • July 17 » A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
  • September 24 » The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
  • October 1 » A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
  • December 4 » Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
  • December 10 » Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)
• 2014 » Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims:
• 2014 » Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)