Bailey Monroe Smith Family Tree » Robert George Alston (1943-2019)

Birthday March 18, 1943

• The temperature on March 18, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
  • April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
  • May 17 » World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
  • September 7 » World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
  • December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1942 » Kathleen Collins, African-American filmmaker and playwright († 1988)
• 1943 » Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1944 » Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel († 2012)
• 1944 » Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic
• 1944 » Frank McRae, American football player and actor