The temperature on April 12, 1943 was between 8.5 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
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