The temperature on July 6, 1940 was between 13.0 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 20.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
Day of death October 14, 1959
The temperature on October 14, 1959 was between 9.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
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