The temperature on August 15, 1935 was between 12.1 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
Day of death June 5, 1945
The temperature on June 5, 1945 was between 7.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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).
February 14 » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USSQuincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
April 29 » The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
July 16 » World War II: The heavy cruiser USSIndianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
July 28 » A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
September 15 » A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.
Day of burial June 8, 1945
The temperature on June 8, 1945 was between 10.6 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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).
February 4 » World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
April 26 » World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
May 4 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.
August 19 » August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
September 5 » Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
September 5 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
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