The temperature on April 20, 1943 was between 3.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (41%). 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.
April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
July 9 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
Day of death November 16, 1971
The temperature on November 16, 1971 was between 7.2 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 8 » South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
September 21 » Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
November 21 » Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
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