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Birthday July 1, 1944

• The temperature on July 1, 1944 was between 10.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
  • March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • June 26 » World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
  • July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
  • August 22 » World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
  • November 21 » World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1943 » Jeff Wayne, American composer, musician and lyricist
• 1943 » Peeter Lepp, Estonian politician, 37th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1943 » Philip Brunelle, American conductor and organist
• 1945 » Debbie Harry, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1945 » Mike Burstyn, American actor and singer