More like a forest than a tree! » Albert Thomas (Bert) CHILCOTT (1918-1992)

Day of marriage December 20, 1947

• The temperature on December 20, 1947 was between 1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • 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.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of death April 27, 1992

• The temperature on April 27, 1992 was between 8.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 9 » The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
  • March 6 » The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
  • September 11 » Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
  • October 4 » The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
  • November 16 » The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
  • November 23 » The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Day of burial April 29, 1992

• The temperature on April 29, 1992 was between 4.4 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
  • January 22 » Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
  • March 2 » Start of the war in Transnistria.
  • April 22 » In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
  • July 18 » A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
  • July 31 » The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1992 » Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
• 1992 » Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911)
• 1995 » Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)