Swaans van den Hout » Petrus Martinus Johannes (Piet) Coppens (1922-1983)

Day of marriage January 20, 1947

• The temperature on January 20, 1947 was between -2.8 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). 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.
  • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • 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.
  • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
  • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

Day of death April 23, 1983

• The temperature on April 23, 1983 was between 8.1 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • June 18 » Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
  • July 23 » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
  • September 6 » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
  • September 12 » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)