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Day of death February 9, 1946

• The temperature on February 9, 1946 was between 2.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
  • March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
  • June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
  • August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
  • October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.

Source: Wikipedia

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