The temperature on March 27, 1940 was between 1.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
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