The temperature on July 21, 1934 was between 15.0 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
Day of death August 2, 1942
The temperature on August 2, 1942 was between 13.0 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
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