The temperature on February 24, 1944 was between -7.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
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