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Birthday July 3, 1944

• The temperature on July 3, 1944 was between 16.3 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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.
  • February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
  • June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
  • August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
  • August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
  • August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
  • October 20 » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1943 » Kurtwood Smith, American actor
• 1943 » Norman E. Thagard, American astronaut
• 1945 » Michael Cole, American actor
• 1945 » Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons († 2018)