The temperature on February 5, 1931 was between -4.6 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death May 18, 1939
The temperature on May 18, 1939 was between 4.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 2 » Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
April 30 » The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
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