The temperature on July 27, 1949 was between 11.4 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
Day of death November 8, 1999
The temperature on November 8, 1999 was between 6.0 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
December 5 » Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first to be elected to the role.
December 31 » The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
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