Genealogy Breedeveld » Adrianus Johannes de Hoon (1894-1947)

Day of death January 5, 1947

• The temperature on January 5, 1947 was between -7.4 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.6 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • 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.
  • July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
  • October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.

Day of burial January 8, 1947

• The temperature on January 8, 1947 was between -11.3 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
  • May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
  • 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.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

Source: Wikipedia

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