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Day of marriage December 18, 1947

• The temperature on December 18, 1947 was between -5.0 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • 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.
  • October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
  • October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

Day of death August 20, 2014

• The temperature on August 20, 2014 was between 8.4 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • March 12 » A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.
  • March 20 » Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.
  • April 21 » The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
  • May 24 » A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
  • June 14 » A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
  • October 1 » A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2014 » Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)
• 2014 » B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
• 2014 » Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
• 2014 » Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
• 2014 » Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
• 2014 » Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925)