The temperature on August 27, 1942 was between 16.0 °C and 31.1 °C and averaged 23.7 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
Day of death October 15, 2000
The temperature on October 15, 2000 was between 7.8 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
August 8 » Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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