The temperature on February 8, 1947 was between -12.3 °C and -5.7 °C and averaged -9.2 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
Day of death September 18, 1950
The temperature on September 18, 1950 was between 9.9 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
January 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
December 17 » The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
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