The temperature on August 1, 1935 was between 8.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
Day of death August 6, 1942
The temperature on August 6, 1942 was between 9.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
November 4 » World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
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