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Day of marriage June 7, 1947

• The temperature on June 7, 1947 was between 11.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
  • 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.
  • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

Day of death December 23, 2009

• The temperature on December 23, 2009 was between -2.3 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
  • May 18 » The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
  • June 5 » After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
  • June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
  • June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
  • October 1 » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1914)
• 2009 » Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (b. 1910)
• 2009 » Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1939)
• 2010 » Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2010 » K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)