The temperature on April 15, 1939 was between 9.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
Day of death August 9, 2001
The temperature on August 9, 2001 was between 11.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
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