The temperature on November 22, 1943 was between -3.8 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
Day of death March 21, 1944
The temperature on March 21, 1944 was between -1.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
August 22 » World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
August 23 » World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
September 5 » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
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