The temperature on September 1, 1950 was between 9.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
January 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
Day of death July 31, 1951
The temperature on July 31, 1951 was between 14.9 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly 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.
April 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
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.
May 21 » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.
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