The average temperature on February 22, 1943 was 1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
July 24 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
November 22 » Lebanon gains independence from France.
Day of death December 17, 2006
The temperature on December 17, 2006 was between 1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 22 » At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
March 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
July 30 » The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
August 27 » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
October 22 » A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum.
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