The temperature on January 12, 1940 was between -12 °C and -2.9 °C and averaged -8.7 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
Day of death October 28, 2008
The temperature on October 28, 2008 was between -0.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
September 7 » The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.
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