The temperature on August 31, 1943 was between 9.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (24%). 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 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
Day of death May 3, 1980
The temperature on May 3, 1980 was between 3.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 25 » Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
January 27 » Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
March 31 » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
July 24 » The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.
August 27 » A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
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