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Day of marriage March 29, 1947

• The temperature on March 29, 1947 was between 10.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
  • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of death June 30, 1998

• The temperature on June 30, 1998 was between 12.8 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
  • May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
  • May 23 » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
  • July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
  • July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
  • August 17 » Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.

Source: Wikipedia

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