Genealogy Harssema » Willem Hooite van DENDEREN (± 1921-1944)

Day of death January 28, 1944

• The temperature on January 28, 1944 was between 7.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
  • 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.
  • July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
  • August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
  • October 13 » World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
  • December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1945 » Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)