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Day of marriage May 27, 1947

• The temperature on May 27, 1947 was between 9.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
  • May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

Day of death December 27, 2005

• The temperature on December 27, 2005 was between -2.7 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 20 » Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
  • July 23 » Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
  • July 26 » Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
  • August 17 » Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
  • September 24 » Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
  • December 11 » The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
• 2003 » Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)
• 2004 » Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)
• 2007 » Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)