The temperature on December 26, 1949 was between 2.0 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Day of death May 6, 2001
The temperature on May 6, 2001 was between 6.3 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
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