The temperature on December 24, 1949 was between 0.2 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
Day of death January 19, 2008
The temperature on January 19, 2008 was between 9.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 14.7 mm of rain during 15.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
June 1 » A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
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