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).
June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
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 5 » The 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
March 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
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