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.
February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
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 26 » U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
June 7 » The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
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