The temperature on October 7, 1949 was between 10.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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).
January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
Day of death October 8, 1949
The temperature on October 8, 1949 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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).
January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
Day of burial October 9, 1949
The temperature on October 9, 1949 was between 9.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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).
January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
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