The temperature on January 12, 1941 was between -4.8 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
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 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
February 25 » The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
March 29 » World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
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