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Day of marriage April 24, 1947

• The temperature on April 24, 1947 was between 7.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
  • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
  • November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

Day of death September 12, 2009

• The temperature on September 12, 2009 was between 8.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
  • January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
  • May 25 » North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
  • June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
  • August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
  • October 28 » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Bob Quinn, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
• 2008 » David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)
• 2009 » Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
• 2009 » Willy Ronis, French photographer and author (b. 1910)
• 2010 » Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)