The temperature on June 6, 1939 was between 12.2 °C and 29.6 °C and averaged 22.1 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
Day of death January 2, 1940
The temperature on January 2, 1940 was between -11.2 °C and -4.8 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.
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