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Day of marriage June 4, 1947

• The temperature on June 4, 1947 was between 15.6 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
  • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.

Day of death November 29, 2003

• The temperature on November 29, 2003 was between 1.8 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
  • May 1 » Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSAbraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
  • August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
  • September 20 » Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
  • December 25 » The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
  • December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (b. 1943)
• 2001 » John Knowles, American novelist (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
• 2002 » Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
• 2004 » John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)