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Day of marriage September 23, 1947

• The temperature on September 23, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
  • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
  • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
  • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.

Day of death April 24, 2011

• The temperature on April 24, 2011 was between 8.9 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
  • January 27 » Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.
  • July 28 » While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
  • August 6 » War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
  • August 23 » A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200million–$300million USD.
  • December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2008 » Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
• 2011 » Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926)
• 2014 » Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)
• 2014 » Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2014 » Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)
• 2014 » Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)