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Day of marriage March 6, 1947

• The temperature on March 6, 1947 was between -2.1 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
  • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
  • October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
  • 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 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
  • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

Day of death February 25, 2015

• The temperature on February 25, 2015 was between 1.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2015: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
  • February 22 » A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
  • April 2 » Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
  • July 17 » At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
  • August 16 » More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
  • September 18 » Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
  • November 4 » A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2010 » Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2012 » Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 2015 » Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic; noted ichthyologist (b. 1922)
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• 2020 » Dmitry Yazov, last Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1924)