The temperature on February 14, 1949 was between 3.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. 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).
April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
Day of marriage October 20, 1972
The temperature on October 20, 1972 was between 1.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
January 20 » Pakistan launched its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
January 30 » The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
July 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
October 29 » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
November 29 » Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
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