The temperature on December 1, 1949 was between -0.2 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 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).
March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
Day of death July 15, 1970
The temperature on July 15, 1970 was between 11.2 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
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