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Day of marriage May 3, 1947

• The temperature on May 3, 1947 was between 6.7 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

Day of death January 23, 2001

• The temperature on January 23, 2001 was between 4.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
  • May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
  • July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
  • July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
  • September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
  • September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)
• 2002 » Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934)
• 2002 » Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)
• 2002 » Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)
• 2003 » Nell Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1948)