The temperature on January 18, 1928 was between 2.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death November 1, 1944
The temperature on November 1, 1944 was between 3.2 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
April 1 » Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
June 20 » World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
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