The temperature on August 24, 1940 was between 8.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
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.
June 10 » World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
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.
Day of death August 18, 2001
The temperature on August 18, 2001 was between 15.1 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
April 11 » The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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