Familiebericht Burgerlijke Stand. EMMEN, 14 Mei. Geboren: Bernardus Jobannes z v G H Langes en N de Jonge, Verl. Oosterdiep OZ 205, Barger-Compascuum; Krantentitel Emmer courant Datum 15-05-1940
The temperature on May 13, 1940 was between 2.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
Day of death March 14, 1999
The temperature on March 14, 1999 was between 1.6 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
March 29 » A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
October 26 » Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
November 26 » The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
Day of cremation March 18, 1999
The temperature on March 18, 1999 was between 2.8 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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