The temperature on December 11, 1944 was between 1.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 24 » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
April 26 » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
October 13 » World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
Day of death April 21, 1960
The temperature on April 21, 1960 was between 3.9 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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