The temperature on January 10, 1946 was between 6.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
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.
February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
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