The temperature on February 1, 1945 was between 3.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 12 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
March 22 » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
June 28 » Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
August 14 » Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
November 21 » The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.
Day of marriage April 1, 1966
The temperature on April 1, 1966 was between 6.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
November 13 » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
November 15 » A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
Day of death October 13, 1998
The temperature on October 13, 1998 was between 6.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
February 6 » Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
February 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
May 13 » Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
August 30 » Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
October 29 » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
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