Family tree Glasmeier-Buhrs » Johannes Gerardus Antonius (Joop) Bührs (1922-2014)

Day of marriage March 6, 1947

• The temperature on March 6, 1947 was between -2.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. 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.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
  • July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
  • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

Day of death July 17, 2014

• The temperature on July 17, 2014 was between 14.6 °C and 28.3 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
  • February 22 » President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
  • August 9 » Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
  • August 10 » Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport.
  • October 27 » Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
  • December 5 » Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion is launched.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)
• 2014 » Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims:
• 2014 » Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)