The temperature on December 17, 1949 was between 4.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
Day of death December 20, 1999
The temperature on December 20, 1999 was between -3.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
October 12 » Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
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