The temperature on April 23, 1940 was between 10.2 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
July 5 » World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.
August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
Day of marriage April 24, 1965
The temperature on April 24, 1965 was between 2.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
May 27 » Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
August 5 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
August 19 » Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
Day of death April 22, 2010
The temperature on April 22, 2010 was between 0.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 4 » The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
January 27 » The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
April 20 » The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
May 19 » The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
May 28 » In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
July 2 » The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
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