The temperature on February 4, 1946 was between 5.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
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.
January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.
Day of death November 21, 1966
The temperature on November 21, 1966 was between 2.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
June 8 » The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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