The temperature on March 9, 1940 was between 1.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
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.
November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
Day of death March 30, 1940
The temperature on March 30, 1940 was between 0.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
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.
October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
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