Genealogy Van Raam » Hetty Kuit (1922-1943)

Day of marriage August 25, 1942

• The temperature on August 25, 1942 was between 11.3 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (80%). 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
  • May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
  • September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
  • October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
  • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
  • November 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.

Day of death July 23, 1943

• The temperature on July 23, 1943 was between 11.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
  • April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
  • April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
  • June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
  • August 29 » World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
  • December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Anna Abrikosova, Russian linguist (b. 1882)
• 1941 » George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860)
• 1941 » José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1942 » Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)