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Day of marriage November 11, 1947

• The temperature on November 11, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. 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.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
  • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 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.
  • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.

Day of death September 19, 1949

• The temperature on September 19, 1949 was between 11.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
  • January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
  • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
  • August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
  • September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
  • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 1949 » George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)