The temperature on February 6, 1943 was between 4.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
January 11 » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
July 9 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
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