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Day of marriage September 4, 1947

• The temperature on September 4, 1947 was between 10.3 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
  • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.

Day of death August 18, 2009

• The temperature on August 18, 2009 was between 12.9 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
  • February 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
  • February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
  • July 5 » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
  • September 28 » The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1400 people.
  • November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938)
• 2009 » Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 2009 » Robert Novak, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 2009 » Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (b. 1910)
• 2010 » Benjamin Kaplan, American scholar and jurist (b. 1911)
• 2010 » Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower and coach (b. 1931)