The temperature on September 6, 1940 was between 8.3 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
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.
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