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Day of marriage February 5, 1947

• The temperature on February 5, 1947 was between -4.2 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 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 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
  • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 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.
  • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

Day of death November 19, 1999

• The temperature on November 19, 1999 was between 0.9 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
  • April 5 » Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
  • April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
  • May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
  • May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
  • November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1998 » Bernard Thompson, English director and producer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Alexander Liberman, Russian-American artist and publisher (b. 1912)
• 2001 » Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)