The temperature on August 31, 1939 was between 12.1 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 15.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
Day of death February 15, 2012
The temperature on February 15, 2012 was between 4.0 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 22 » A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
March 13 » The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
May 13 » Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
June 16 » China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
July 12 » A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
November 6 » Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
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