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.
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January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
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September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
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Weather January 11, 1949
The temperature on January 11, 1949 was between 1.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
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