The temperature on May 28, 1949 was between 8.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
Day of death May 27, 1965
The temperature on May 27, 1965 was between 4.8 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
March 15 » President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
April 7 » Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
October 4 » Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
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