The temperature on February 8, 1940 was between -1.9 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
June 10 » World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
Day of marriage October 10, 1964
The temperature on October 10, 1964 was between 4.9 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 13.5 mm of rain during 9.3 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 1 » The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
April 11 » Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected President by the National Congress.
June 21 » Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
October 1 » The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
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