The temperature on September 21, 1940 was between 8.4 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
June 21 » World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
Day of death January 6, 2012
The temperature on January 6, 2012 was between 4.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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.
January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
May 30 » Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
September 27 » In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
November 6 » Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
November 11 » A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
December 11 » At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
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