The temperature on August 3, 1950 was between 10.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 34.2 mm of rain during 12.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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).
February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
September 15 » Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
Day of death October 1, 1957
The temperature on October 1, 1957 was between 2.9 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
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