Kelson Burbank Genealogy » Albert Earl Patterson (1944-1944)

Birthday June 6, 1944

• The temperature on June 6, 1944 was between 8.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
  • June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
  • October 2 » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
  • October 20 » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands.
  • December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.

Source: Wikipedia

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