The temperature on July 21, 1944 was between 11.5 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
June 7 » World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
Day of death July 1, 1973
The temperature on July 1, 1973 was between 13.4 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
June 23 » A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
September 11 » JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.
September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
November 1 » The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
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