The temperature on September 18, 1945 was between 16.5 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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).
March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
March 10 » World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
March 21 » World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
April 16 » More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
May 5 » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
September 18 » General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
Day of death May 12, 1997
The temperature on May 12, 1997 was between 6.7 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
April 1 » Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
August 20 » Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
September 11 » After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
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