The temperature on July 7, 1942 was between 11.4 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
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