The temperature on February 7, 1938 was between -1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
Day of death August 30, 1941
The temperature on August 30, 1941 was between 11.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
August 24 » Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
September 5 » Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
September 28 » Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
December 8 » World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
Day of burial August 31, 1941
The temperature on August 31, 1941 was between 9.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
May 27 » World War II: The German battleshipBismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
July 4 » World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
July 10 » Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
December 8 » World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
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