The temperature on January 20, 1949 was between 4.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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).
March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
Day of death June 13, 2014
The temperature on June 13, 2014 was between 11.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 20 » Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.
April 9 » A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
July 15 » A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
July 17 » A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
August 20 » Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
September 28 » The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
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