The temperature on March 1, 1945 was between 2.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 20 » World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
March 22 » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
April 17 » Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
May 7 » World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
August 17 » The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
December 12 » The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea.
Day of death August 12, 2003
The temperature on August 12, 2003 was between 18.5 °C and 33.8 °C and averaged 25.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
April 14 » U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MSAchille Lauro in 1985.
May 21 » The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.
July 30 » In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
October 31 » Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
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