The temperature on May 8, 1951 was between 8.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
Day of death August 12, 2005
The temperature on August 12, 2005 was between 10.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 40.0 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
February 20 » Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
April 6 » Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
May 16 » Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
December 5 » The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
December 30 » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
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