Genealogie van de families Van der Sanden en Van de Wiel » Thomas Johannes Korthout (1918-1940)
Personal data Thomas Johannes Korthout
- He was born on October 3, 1918 in Oisterwijk.
- He died on May 16, 1940 in Arnhem, he was 21 years old.
- A child of Petrus Hendrikus Korthout and Adriana Petronella Merkx
Household of Thomas Johannes Korthout
Second World War victim
- He appears on the Brabant casualties website
- He is on the Honor Roll List
- He appears on the website of the War Graves Foundation
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Birthday October 3, 1918
- The temperature on October 3, 1918 was between 9.7 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- January 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
- April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
- July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
- August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
- September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
- October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
Day of death May 16, 1940
- The temperature on May 16, 1940 was between 5.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
- February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
- April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
- June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
- September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
- October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
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