The temperature on July 16, 1946 was between 8.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 19.2 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
Day of death March 7, 2001
The temperature on March 7, 2001 was between 3.7 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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