The temperature on August 20, 1944 was between 14.5 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
Day of death April 15, 1999
The temperature on April 15, 1999 was between -1.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
February 7 » Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
November 12 » The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
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