The temperature on December 25, 1940 was between -7.8 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
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 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
Day of death October 3, 2002
The temperature on October 3, 2002 was between 8.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
September 9 » The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
November 15 » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
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