The temperature on April 22, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
June 20 » Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
Day of marriage April 27, 1968
The temperature on April 27, 1968 was between 1.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
Day of death May 23, 2009
The temperature on May 23, 2009 was between 10.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 7 » Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
April 30 » Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
June 18 » The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
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