The temperature on February 1, 1940 was between -8.1 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
June 21 » World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
Day of death August 27, 1997
The temperature on August 27, 1997 was between 15.8 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
December 30 » In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
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