Andrews-Vitringa Family Tree » Jane Ann Cornwall (1876-1943)

Day of death December 5, 1943

• The temperature on December 5, 1943 was between -6.7 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
  • February 16 » World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
  • April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
  • September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
  • October 8 » World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
  • November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.

Source: Wikipedia

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