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Birthday February 21, 1949

• The temperature on February 21, 1949 was between 5.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
  • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
  • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
  • September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer († 2015)
• 1949 » Frank Brunner, American illustrator
• 1949 » Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer
• 1950 » Larry Drake, American actor († 2016)