The temperature on November 8, 1939 was between 10.4 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
Day of death March 17, 1940
The temperature on March 17, 1940 was between 0.9 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
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