The temperature on December 21, 1944 was between 2.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
March 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
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