The temperature on July 4, 1945 was between 5.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). 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.
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).
April 9 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
April 15 » Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
May 3 » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
August 19 » August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
Day of burial July 8, 1945
The temperature on July 8, 1945 was between 11.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
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).
January 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
March 16 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
April 26 » World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
May 5 » World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
August 8 » The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
August 17 » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
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