The temperature on December 20, 1944 was between 1.2 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.
December 22 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
Day of death December 15, 1946
The temperature on December 15, 1946 was between -10.4 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
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