The temperature on November 14, 1944 was between -0.2 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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.
April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
Day of death February 24, 2015
The temperature on February 24, 2015 was between 3.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 12 » Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
January 15 » The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets
June 27 » Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
July 20 » A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
October 3 » Forty-two are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike.
December 6 » 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
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