The temperature on May 1, 1944 was between 5.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
March 6 » World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
August 22 » World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
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