The temperature on October 19, 1911 was between -0.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
Day of death October 4, 1950
The temperature on October 4, 1950 was between 9.8 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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).
May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
September 15 » Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
Day of burial October 9, 1950
The temperature on October 9, 1950 was between 4.8 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 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).
January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
September 15 » Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
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