The temperature on August 22, 1940 was between 8.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
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 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
Day of death October 2, 1940
The temperature on October 2, 1940 was between 3.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 8 » World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
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