The temperature on March 17, 1940 was between 0.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
Day of death March 18, 1940
The temperature on March 18, 1940 was between 5.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
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