January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
Day of death January 28, 1940
The temperature on January 28, 1940 was between -5.7 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
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