Database Van Broekhoven » Theodorus Antonius Maria Groenemans (1944-1944)

Day of death September 7, 1944

• The temperature on September 7, 1944 was between 10.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
  • June 16 » In a gross miscarriage of justice, George Junius Stinney Jr., age 14, becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century after being convicted in a two-hour trial for the rape and murder of two teenage white girls.
  • July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
  • September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
  • October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
  • November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.

Source: Wikipedia

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