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Day of marriage December 16, 1947

• The temperature on December 16, 1947 was between 5.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
  • 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.
  • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

Day of death March 10, 1974

• The temperature on March 10, 1974 was between -0.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
  • August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
  • November 22 » The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
  • December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
  • December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1985 » Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1907)