The temperature on May 31, 1942 was between 7.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
November 19 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.
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