The temperature on December 6, 1949 was between 3.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
Day of death March 23, 2015
The temperature on March 23, 2015 was between -2.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 11 » A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
May 3 » Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
May 9 » An Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft crashes near the Spanish city of Seville with three people on board killed.
May 9 » Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.
June 30 » A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
July 20 » A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
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