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Day of marriage December 15, 1947

• The temperature on December 15, 1947 was between -2.0 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
  • 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.
  • June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
  • 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 January 15, 1969

• The temperature on January 15, 1969 was between 3.4 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
  • March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
  • June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
  • August 12 » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
  • December 1 » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 1970 » Frank Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886)
• 1970 » William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)
• 1972 » Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
• 1973 » Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)