The temperature on May 23, 1949 was between 9.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
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