The temperature on December 1, 1914 was between 8.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
Day of death August 19, 1950
The temperature on August 19, 1950 was between 8.6 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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).
January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
June 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
November 17 » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
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