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Day of marriage February 28, 1947

• The temperature on February 28, 1947 was between -3.5 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 19.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Day of death July 22, 2017

• The temperature on July 22, 2017 was between 14.5 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • March 10 » The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
  • June 3 » London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
  • June 5 » Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
  • July 28 » Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
  • August 25 » Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125billion in damage.
  • December 9 » The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor (b. 1944)
• 2013 » Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Johann Breyer, German SS officer (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971)
• 2018 » Frank Havens, American canoeist (b. 1924)