The temperature on July 25, 1944 was between 12.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
February 14 » World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
August 5 » World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins
November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
Day of death August 10, 2009
The temperature on August 10, 2009 was between 10.6 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
July 5 » A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
August 19 » A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
September 28 » The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1400 people.
October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
Day of burial August 14, 2009
The temperature on August 14, 2009 was between 8.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 20 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
May 25 » North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
September 29 » The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.
December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
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