The temperature on April 3, 1939 was between 5.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
Day of death January 14, 2012
The temperature on January 14, 2012 was between -0.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 7 » A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.
February 22 » A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
February 23 » A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
February 26 » Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.
April 11 » A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake was VII (Very strong). Ten were killed, twelve were injured, and a non-destructive tsunami was observed on the island of Nias.
June 2 » Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Day of cremation January 20, 2012
The temperature on January 20, 2012 was between 2.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 6 » Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
May 29 » A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
July 12 » A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
November 6 » Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
November 14 » Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
December 22 » Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
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