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Day of marriage July 11, 1947

• The temperature on July 11, 1947 was between 12.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
  • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
  • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
  • July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
  • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

Day of death May 13, 2004

• The temperature on May 13, 2004 was between 8.8 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The RMSQueen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
  • January 9 » An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.
  • March 19 » Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
  • June 28 » Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
  • July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
  • August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
• 2005 » Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (b. 1921)
• 2005 » George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. 1949)