The temperature on May 26, 1942 was between 9.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 15.4 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
Day of death December 2, 2013
The temperature on December 2, 2013 was between -1.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 23 » At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
May 11 » Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
May 20 » An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
May 31 » A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities and over 150 injuries.
September 21 » Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
October 15 » The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.
Day of burial December 6, 2013
The temperature on December 6, 2013 was between 1.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 25 » At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
April 15 » Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
April 16 » A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
April 16 » The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.
May 13 » American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.
August 9 » Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
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