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Day of marriage February 15, 1947

• The temperature on February 15, 1947 was between -8.9 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.

Day of death January 21, 1987

• The temperature on January 21, 1987 was between -3.2 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • April 27 » The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
  • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
  • July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
  • July 31 » A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
  • November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
  • November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
• 1985 » James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)
• 1988 » Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)