The temperature on April 20, 1933 was between -0.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 10 » In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.
March 2 » The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
March 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
August 25 » The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
Day of death February 12, 1943
The temperature on February 12, 1943 was between 7.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
February 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
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