The temperature on December 28, 1949 was between 6.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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).
February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
Day of death May 12, 1999
The temperature on May 12, 1999 was between 10.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
May 28 » In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
August 10 » Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
December 22 » Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.
December 24 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
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