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Birthday September 18, 1947

• The temperature on September 18, 1947 was between 11.7 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
  • January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
  • 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.
  • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
  • 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.
  • October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
  • November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor († 2014)
• 1946 » Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer († 1992)
• 1946 » Nicholas Clay, English actor († 2000)
• 1947 » Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
• 1947 » Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
• 1947 » Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer