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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gijsbertus van der Horst

Jan van der Horst
1861-1942
Rijkje Knip
1864-1953
Gijsbert van Buren
1860-1942
Evertje van Leijenhorst
1860-1949

Gijsbertus van der Horst
1938-1940


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    Birthday February 21, 1938

    • The temperature on February 21, 1938 was between -3.0 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
      • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
      • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
      • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
      • September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
      • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

    Day of death April 30, 1940

    • The temperature on April 30, 1940 was between 7.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
      • July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
      • July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
      • July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
      • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
      • August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
    

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