The temperature on February 6, 1941 was between -10.5 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
April 23 » World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
August 29 » World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
October 31 » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
December 7 » World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
December 10 » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSPrince of Wales and HMSRepulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
December 12 » Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
Day of death November 18, 1979
The temperature on November 18, 1979 was between 1.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
September 22 » A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
Day of burial November 21, 1979
The temperature on November 21, 1979 was between 0.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 28 » A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
April 4 » Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
July 11 » America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
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