January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Day of death April 30, 1943
The temperature on April 30, 1943 was between 5.8 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
August 29 » World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
November 28 » World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.
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