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Day of marriage June 5, 1947

• The temperature on June 5, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

Day of death April 15, 2012

• The temperature on April 15, 2012 was between 3.6 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• 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 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
  • June 29 » A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
  • August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
  • September 18 » Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in Greater Manchester, England.
  • November 22 » Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
  • December 11 » At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2011 » Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975)
• 2012 » Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968)
• 2012 » Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919)
• 2013 » Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (b. 1928)
• 2013 » Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)