The temperature on August 7, 1940 was between 8.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
July 19 » Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
Day of death June 5, 1941
The temperature on June 5, 1941 was between 10.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
January 21 » Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
February 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
October 9 » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
December 12 » World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
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