The temperature on January 5, 1939 was between -2.8 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
Day of marriage March 20, 1965
The temperature on March 20, 1965 was between -1.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
January 26 » Hindi becomes the official language of India.
May 18 » Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
June 19 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
August 15 » The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
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