The temperature on May 20, 1945 was between 8.0 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 23.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (57%). 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.
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).
February 13 » World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
April 16 » More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
April 20 » World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
May 29 » First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
August 9 » The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
September 18 » General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
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