The temperature on March 23, 1938 was between 4.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
Day of death December 18, 1944
The temperature on December 18, 1944 was between 3.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
May 1 » World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.
August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
August 5 » World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
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