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Day of marriage September 24, 1947

• The temperature on September 24, 1947 was between 5.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
  • September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
  • October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
  • 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 January 18, 1999

• The temperature on January 18, 1999 was between 1.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (80%). 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 19 » British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
  • March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
  • May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
  • May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
  • June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
• 1996 » N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1923)
• 1997 » Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)