May 4 » The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
July 22 » Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
Christening day April 22, 1940
The temperature on April 22, 1940 was between 7.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
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