The temperature on October 5, 1950 was between 7.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
Day of death August 9, 1978
The temperature on August 9, 1978 was between 10.0 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Day of burial August 14, 1978
The temperature on August 14, 1978 was between 12.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
March 2 » Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
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