The temperature on May 1, 1940 was between 7.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
July 19 » Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
Day of death July 18, 2000
The temperature on July 18, 2000 was between 12.5 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
May 11 » Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
July 25 » Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
September 20 » The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
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