The temperature on October 4, 1943 was between 5.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 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 22 » World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.
July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
Day of marriage July 30, 1965
The temperature on July 30, 1965 was between 8.1 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
June 22 » The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
November 8 » The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
Day of death October 18, 1986
The temperature on October 18, 1986 was between 8.5 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
February 16 » The Soviet liner MSMikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
April 26 » A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
October 5 » Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
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