The temperature on November 20, 1938 was between 2.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of death May 1, 1939
The temperature on May 1, 1939 was between 7.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 12.4 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
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