The temperature on February 24, 1951 was between 0.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
September 28 » CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
October 15 » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
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