April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
Day of marriage May 1, 1946
The temperature on May 1, 1946 was between 8.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.
December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
Day of death August 3, 1968
The temperature on August 3, 1968 was between 14.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 16.5 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
October 16 » Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
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