The temperature on June 5, 1940 was between 9.1 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 15.3 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
April 14 » World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
May 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
Day of marriage January 20, 1962
The temperature on January 20, 1962 was between 2.2 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
March 19 » The Algerian War of Independence ends.
September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
Day of death January 7, 2016
The temperature on January 7, 2016 was between 3.5 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 6 » An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
February 9 » Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people died, and 85 others were injured.
April 10 » An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
April 22 » The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
October 9 » The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.
December 9 » At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
Day of burial January 11, 2016
The temperature on January 11, 2016 was between 2.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
March 11 » At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo, Brazil, following heavy rain.
March 16 » A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.
May 19 » EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
May 23 » Eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people were killed and at least 200 people injured.
November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
December 10 » Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
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