The temperature on December 11, 1942 was between 3.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
October 9 » Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
Day of death July 28, 1976
The temperature on July 28, 1976 was between 10.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 2 » The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
June 29 » The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
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