The temperature on July 1, 1948 was between 10.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
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 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.
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