The temperature on February 26, 1948 was between -5.8 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
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).
May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
Day of death July 4, 1969
The temperature on July 4, 1969 was between 10.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
May 13 » May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
November 12 » Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.
Day of burial July 7, 1969
The temperature on July 7, 1969 was between 10.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 15.9 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.
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