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Day of marriage January 18, 1947

• The temperature on January 18, 1947 was between 0.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (19%). 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.
  • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
  • 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 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
  • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.

Day of death February 24, 2008

• The temperature on February 24, 2008 was between 8.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The almost completely overcast 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
  • August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
  • September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
  • November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
  • November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
• 2006 » John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
• 2006 » Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
• 2007 » Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
• 2007 » Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
• 2008 » Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)