The temperature on January 26, 1944 was between 0.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
Day of marriage May 4, 1963
The temperature on May 4, 1963 was between 3.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
May 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
July 12 » Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
November 22 » The Beatles release With the Beatles.
Day of death October 13, 1984
The temperature on October 13, 1984 was between 7.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
April 4 » President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
September 5 » Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
September 21 » Brunei joins the United Nations.
December 22 » "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.
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