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Day of marriage March 13, 1947

• The temperature on March 13, 1947 was between -1.6 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 13.5 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
  • January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
  • May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
  • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

Day of death May 14, 2007

• The temperature on May 14, 2007 was between 9.7 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 10 » A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
  • January 18 » The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
  • April 27 » Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
  • July 31 » Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
  • August 23 » The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
  • December 23 » An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Jimmy Martin, American musician (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
• 2006 » Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (b. 1905)
• 2007 » Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
• 2007 » Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)