The temperature on January 31, 1944 was between 3.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
May 18 » Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
June 7 » World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
October 20 » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands.
Day of death January 22, 2017
The temperature on January 22, 2017 was between -7.4 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 21 » Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
March 10 » The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
July 10 » Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
September 19 » The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
October 1 » An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
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