The temperature on June 30, 1943 was between 11.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
October 14 » World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
Day of death August 21, 1945
The temperature on August 21, 1945 was between 11.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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).
March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
April 7 » World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
May 1 » World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.
May 5 » World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
June 29 » The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
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