Genealogy James/Finley, Cottell/Brabrook » Christopher Ewart Smith (1947-2001)

Birthday December 6, 1947

• The temperature on December 6, 1947 was between 1.5 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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.
  • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Maze)
• 1946 » Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1947 » Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author († 2005)
• 1947 » Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1947 » Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter
• 1948 » Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic († 2014)