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Day of marriage February 1, 1947

• The temperature on February 1, 1947 was between -10.8 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -7.2 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • 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 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
  • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
  • 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 November 6, 1995

• The temperature on November 6, 1995 was between -3.8 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
  • June 8 » Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
  • July 11 » Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July.
  • October 15 » Saddam Hussein is reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
  • November 5 » André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
  • December 14 » Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)