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Day of death January 25, 1950

• The temperature on January 25, 1950 was between -9.7 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -7.0 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
  • July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
  • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
  • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
  • December 17 » The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899)
• 1949 » Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)
• 1957 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
• 1958 » Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Robert R. Young, American businessman and financier (b. 1897)