The temperature on March 25, 1940 was between 4.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
Day of marriage April 9, 1975
The temperature on April 9, 1975 was between -0.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
February 5 » Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
April 4 » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
July 5 » Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
December 26 » Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach2, went into service.
Day of death April 8, 2008
The temperature on April 8, 2008 was between -1.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 29 » Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.
March 1 » The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
March 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.
Day of cremation April 12, 2008
The temperature on April 12, 2008 was between 3.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
March 1 » The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
September 28 » Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.
December 9 » The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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