The temperature on June 21, 1944 was between 10.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 27 » World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
September 9 » World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
Day of death December 29, 2005
The temperature on December 29, 2005 was between -6.4 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (64%). 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 9 » The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
April 23 » The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
July 4 » The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
August 14 » Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
December 17 » Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
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