The temperature on August 7, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
May 10 » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
September 9 » World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
Day of death August 8, 1942
The temperature on August 8, 1942 was between 12.1 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
March 31 » World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
September 9 » World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
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