The temperature on August 17, 1941 was between 9.3 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
January 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
December 25 » Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.
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