Genealogy Van der Wijk » Lutina lutgerdina Smit (1947-2020)

Birthday July 16, 1947

• The temperature on July 16, 1947 was between 16.1 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 22.6 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). 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.
  • 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.
  • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Barbara Lee, American politician
• 1946 » Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1946 » Ron Yary, American football player
• 1947 » Alexis Herman, American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 » Assata Shakur, American-Cuban criminal and activist
• 1947 » Don Burke, Australian television host and producer