U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for Nebraska, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942; NAI Number: 598911; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on August 17, 1884 was about 20.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death November 9, 1943
The temperature on November 9, 1943 was between 4.1 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
November 5 » World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
November 19 » Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.
December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
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