The temperature on February 11, 1940 was between -8.1 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. 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.
February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
Day of death October 31, 1958
The temperature on October 31, 1958 was between 5.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 10.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
July 29 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
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