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Day of marriage May 9, 1947

• The temperature on May 9, 1947 was between 11.4 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 » 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.
  • February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

Day of death May 23, 2013

• The temperature on May 23, 2013 was between 4.0 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • April 18 » A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
  • June 16 » A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
  • July 6 » At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
  • July 24 » A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80km/h (50mph) speed limit at 190km/h (120mph), killing 78 passengers.
  • November 17 » A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
  • November 19 » A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.

Source: Wikipedia

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