The temperature on August 1, 1939 was between 11.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
Day of death October 14, 1965
The temperature on October 14, 1965 was between 2.1 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
May 1 » Cross-Strait relations: Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, takes place.
November 8 » The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
November 9 » Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
December 4 » The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.
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