The temperature on July 20, 1950 was between 17.1 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
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.
October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
Day of death November 1, 1950
The temperature on November 1, 1950 was between 3.8 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
August 18 » Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
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.
October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
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