The temperature on April 18, 1948 was between 7.6 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
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).
February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
Day of death April 19, 1948
The temperature on April 19, 1948 was between 10.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
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).
March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
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