The temperature on December 21, 1950 was between -3.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
Day of death March 3, 2009
The temperature on March 3, 2009 was between 1.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
April 30 » Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
Day of burial March 7, 2009
The temperature on March 7, 2009 was between -3.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
May 25 » North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
July 5 » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
October 3 » Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join together in the Turkic Council.
October 10 » Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
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