The temperature on April 1, 1909 was between -0.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of marriage October 6, 1941
The temperature on October 6, 1941 was between 10.6 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 20 » World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
June 23 » The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
December 6 » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
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