The temperature on April 26, 1944 was between 2.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (62%). 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.
February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
October 19 » A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
Day of marriage January 16, 1963
The temperature on January 16, 1963 was between -9 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 5 » American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
March 17 » Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
October 9 » In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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