The temperature on February 27, 1942 was between -8.7 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
Day of marriage January 1, 1969
The temperature on January 1, 1969 was between -2.5 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
March 19 » The 385-metre-tall (1,263ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
Day of death March 8, 1996
The temperature on March 8, 1996 was between -0.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 25 » Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the U.S.A.
February 6 » Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
February 13 » The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
September 7 » Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He succumbs to his injuries six days later.
September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
October 31 » TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
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