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Day of marriage May 13, 1947

• The temperature on May 13, 1947 was between 13.2 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
  • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Day of death March 2, 1970

• The temperature on March 2, 1970 was between 0.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
  • April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
  • May 14 » Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
  • September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
  • November 21 » Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
  • December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)
• 1967 » José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish author and critic (b. 1873)
• 1972 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (b. 1877)
• 1979 » Christy Ring, Irish hurler (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (b. 1928)