The temperature on April 11, 1939 was between 7.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
Day of death March 5, 2017
The temperature on March 5, 2017 was between 3.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
March 22 » A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
April 6 » U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
May 12 » The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
July 10 » Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
August 17 » Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
November 21 » Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
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