The temperature on March 22, 1940 was between 7.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
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.
August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
Day of death April 6, 1940
The temperature on April 6, 1940 was between 1.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
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