The temperature on September 7, 1944 was between 10.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
June 7 » World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
December 16 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.
Day of death July 31, 2009
The temperature on July 31, 2009 was between 9.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
May 18 » The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
July 4 » The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
July 26 » The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
August 27 » Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
December 28 » Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
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