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Day of marriage February 12, 1947

• The temperature on February 12, 1947 was between -8.3 °C and -5.8 °C and averaged -7.5 °C. 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.
  • 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.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
  • November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
  • November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Day of death October 2, 2003

• The temperature on October 2, 2003 was between 11.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
  • June 10 » The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
  • August 19 » A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.
  • September 27 » The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
  • October 26 » The Cedar Fire, the third-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000km), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
  • November 26 » The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

Day of cremation October 20, 2003

• The temperature on October 20, 2003 was between 2.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
  • July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
  • July 8 » Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
  • October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
  • December 24 » The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50kg of explosives at 3:55p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
  • December 26 » The 6.6 M_w  Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (b. 1929)
• 2001 » Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (b. 1906)
• 2002 » Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
• 2003 » John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 » August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)