The temperature on October 5, 1950 was between 7.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
Day of marriage August 28, 1982
The temperature on August 28, 1982 was between 7.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 30 » Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
April 25 » Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
May 29 » Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
July 23 » Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie.
September 1 » The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
November 12 » USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
Day of death May 24, 2011
The temperature on May 24, 2011 was between 9.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 9 » Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, killing 77 people.
April 11 » An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
May 2 » Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
August 23 » A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200million–$300million USD.
September 12 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public.
November 12 » A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the Revolutionary Guards members, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.
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