The average temperature on January 21, 1948 was 0.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
March 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
Day of death July 24, 1963
The temperature on July 24, 1963 was between 15.3 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
July 12 » Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
July 26 » The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
October 10 » The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
Day of burial August 5, 1963
The temperature on August 5, 1963 was between 13.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
July 19 » Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
September 4 » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
October 4 » Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
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