Database Van Broekhoven » Elisabeth Maria Boor (1943-1944)

Day of death May 21, 1944

• The temperature on May 21, 1944 was between 4.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
  • August 20 » World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
  • September 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
  • September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins
  • September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
  • November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

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