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.
February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
April 26 » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
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 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
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.
March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
April 3 » Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
August 5 » Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
December 24 » District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
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