The temperature on August 24, 1944 was between 17.5 °C and 30.8 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
June 13 » World War II: Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.
September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
Day of death September 5, 1962
The temperature on September 5, 1962 was between 12.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
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