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Day of marriage October 8, 1947

• The temperature on October 8, 1947 was between 9.4 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 19.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Day of death March 26, 2007

• The temperature on March 26, 2007 was between 6.8 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
  • April 16 » Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
  • May 17 » Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
  • August 14 » The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 334 people.
  • September 6 » Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
  • October 28 » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 » Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
• 2006 » Paul Dana, American racing driver (b. 1975)
• 2008 » Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)