The temperature on April 29, 1944 was between 4.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
April 5 » World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
August 1 » World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
October 8 » World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
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