The temperature on April 6, 1950 was between 4.0 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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).
January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
August 18 » Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Day of death January 16, 2000
The temperature on January 16, 2000 was between 2.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
Day of burial January 21, 2000
The temperature on January 21, 2000 was between 2.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
May 2 » President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
December 19 » The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three.
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