The temperature on April 13, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
July 6 » The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Day of marriage March 28, 1964
The temperature on March 28, 1964 was between 1.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 1 » The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
February 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
April 21 » A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
July 2 » Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
October 29 » The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
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