The temperature on December 1, 1939 was between 8.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
January 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
Day of death February 21, 1945
The temperature on February 21, 1945 was between -0.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
May 2 » World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
June 22 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
July 28 » A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
October 15 » The former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, is executed for treason.
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