The temperature on July 24, 1945 was between 11.7 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
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 8 » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada commence Operation Veritable to occupy the west bank of the Rhine.
April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
May 7 » World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
May 7 » World War II: Last German U boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
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.
Day of death February 19, 2009
The temperature on February 19, 2009 was between -2.0 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 21 » Four police officers are shot and killed and a fifth is wounded in two shootings at Oakland, California.
April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
September 9 » The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
October 3 » Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join together in the Turkic Council.
December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
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