The temperature on January 12, 1948 was between 6.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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).
January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
Day of death July 4, 1962
The temperature on July 4, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
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