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Birthday January 6, 1947

• The temperature on January 6, 1947 was between -9.9 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -7.5 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
  • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • 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.
  • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Barry John, Welsh rugby player
• 1946 » Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1947 » Sandy Denny, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (d 1978)
• 1948 » Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
• 1948 » Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
• 1949 » Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic (estimated date)