The temperature on October 24, 1944 was between 6.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 7 » World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
Day of marriage May 31, 1968
The temperature on May 31, 1968 was between 9.1 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 14.9 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
Day of death August 17, 1998
The temperature on August 17, 1998 was between 11.3 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 28 » Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
May 2 » The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
November 9 » Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
November 26 » Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
December 6 » in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
Day of burial August 21, 1998
The temperature on August 21, 1998 was between 13.3 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 16 » China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
August 20 » The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
October 16 » Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
November 19 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.
December 4 » The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
December 6 » in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
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