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Household of Peter Claude de Young
Notes about Peter Claude de Young
Peter was inducted into the Armed Services on June 8, 1944. Left our shores for overseas duty on November 16, 1944. Served on the Western European Front in December, 1944. Made prisoner of war by Germany January 8, 1945. Peter De Young died on February 17, 1945 while being held as a prisoner of war in Germany. Died of double pneumonia. He was reburied in Mount View Cemetery in McBain, Michigan in 1949.
The temperature on August 24, 1924 was between 10.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
Day of death February 17, 1945
The temperature on February 17, 1945 was between 1.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 20 » World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
February 13 » World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
February 21 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USSBismarck Sea and damage the USSSaratoga.
February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
March 14 » The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
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