The temperature on November 7, 1939 was between 5.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
Day of death July 29, 1969
The temperature on July 29, 1969 was between 17.0 °C and 31.1 °C and averaged 23.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
August 9 » Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
October 9 » In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
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