The temperature on December 25, 1940 was between -7.8 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 8 » World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
Day of death May 27, 1969
The temperature on May 27, 1969 was between 4.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
May 10 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
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