The temperature on December 6, 1950 was between -3.4 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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).
January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.
December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
Day of death March 8, 2012
The temperature on March 8, 2012 was between 2.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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 19 » The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
February 22 » A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
July 7 » At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
July 30 » A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300million people without power in northern India.
September 18 » Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in Greater Manchester, England.
November 14 » Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
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