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Day of marriage May 2, 1947

• The temperature on May 2, 1947 was between 4.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
  • January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
  • April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Day of death May 21, 1996

• The temperature on May 21, 1996 was between 4.2 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
  • July 29 » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
  • August 31 » Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
  • September 5 » Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
  • October 2 » Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
  • December 10 » The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)
• 1996 » Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1957)
• 1996 » Villem Raam, Estonian art historian, art critic and conservator (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Robert Gist, American actor and director (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)