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Birthday May 16, 1947

• The temperature on May 16, 1947 was between 9.8 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
  • August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
  • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » John Law, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 » Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Cheryl Clarke, American writer
• 1947 » Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer († 1999)
• 1947 » Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader († 2011)
• 1948 » Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer