The temperature on January 9, 1946 was between 0.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
Day of death August 3, 1954
The temperature on August 3, 1954 was between 12.2 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
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