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).
The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
Weather June 25, 1949
The temperature on June 25, 1949 was between 3.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
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