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Birthday December 8, 1947

• The temperature on December 8, 1947 was between 0.5 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » John Rubinstein, American actor, director, and composer
• 1947 » Gérard Blanc, French singer, guitarist, and actor († 2009)
• 1947 » Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2017)
• 1947 » Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author and poet († 2011)
• 1947 » Margaret Geller, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
• 1947 » Thomas Cech, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate