The temperature on July 15, 1942 was between 8.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). 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 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
March 31 » World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
August 7 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
September 23 » World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
November 15 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
Day of death February 18, 2007
The temperature on February 18, 2007 was between 0.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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 10 » Then Illinois senator Barack Obama announces his candidacy for president in the 2008 elections, which he later goes on to win.
April 3 » Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
April 20 » Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
June 13 » The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
June 27 » The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
September 29 » Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
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