The temperature on December 31, 1949 was between -1.8 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
Day of death May 20, 2013
The temperature on May 20, 2013 was between 10.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 25 » At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
April 4 » More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.
April 12 » Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
June 5 » A building collapse in Philadelphia kills six and wounds 14 other people.
August 21 » Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
Day of burial June 1, 2013
The temperature on June 1, 2013 was between 8.4 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 15 » A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
May 20 » An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
June 7 » A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
July 24 » A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80km/h (50mph) speed limit at 190km/h (120mph), killing 78 passengers.
October 12 » Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru.
October 15 » The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.
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