The temperature on April 1, 1943 was between 5.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 14 » World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
February 20 » The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
Day of death July 27, 1944
The temperature on July 27, 1944 was between 14.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
September 12 » World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.
November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
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