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Day of marriage June 24, 1947

• The temperature on June 24, 1947 was between 11.0 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
  • 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.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
  • July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Day of death October 17, 1976

• The temperature on October 17, 1976 was between -0.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
  • February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
  • April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
  • July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
  • October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
  • December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.

Day of burial October 21, 1976

• The temperature on October 21, 1976 was between 7.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
  • April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
  • July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
  • July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
  • September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
  • October 6 » Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
• 1978 » George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
• 1979 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
• 1979 » S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)