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Day of marriage October 23, 1947

• The temperature on October 23, 1947 was between 7.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
  • July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
  • September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Day of death July 4, 1992

• The temperature on July 4, 1992 was between 13.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • May 7 » Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
  • July 19 » A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
  • August 30 » The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
  • September 17 » An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
  • December 31 » Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

Day of burial July 9, 1992

• The temperature on July 9, 1992 was between 12.4 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • March 17 » A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
  • May 7 » Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
  • July 23 » Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
  • July 31 » Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
  • September 11 » Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
  • September 29 » Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Art Sansom, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 1991 » Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1994 » Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (b. 1964)