The temperature on August 4, 1940 was between 13.2 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
June 15 » World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
Day of marriage December 21, 1965
The temperature on December 21, 1965 was between 1.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
November 16 » Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
December 30 » Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
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