"Photo [Barbara's grave marker] added by Angel Searcher
Barbara Lee Kotasek Birth 1 Jul 1941 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Death 12 Dec 1943 (aged 2) Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Burial Sunset Memorial Park North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Memorial ID 105180295
Barbara was only 2 years, 5 months, and 11 days old Dad: Karel Kotasek born in Oberlin, Ohio Mom: Ruth Balsom born in Cleveland, Ohio
Parents [photo-Karel's grave marker shared with Ruth I. Kotasek] Karel Franklyn Kotasek 1913-1969 [photo-Ruth's grave marker shared with Karel F. Kotasek] Ruth Irene Balsom Kotasek 1917-2008
Created by: Angel Searcher Added: Feb 13, 2013 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 105180295" <>
Sources: Author: Kotasek, Ruth I., Letters 24June1981 & 4Au1988
The temperature on July 1, 1941 was between 11.4 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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 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.
January 21 » Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
June 3 » World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
October 4 » Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
December 12 » World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
December 17 » World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
Day of death December 12, 1943
The temperature on December 12, 1943 was between -3.0 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
July 5 » World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
Day of burial December 14, 1943
The temperature on December 14, 1943 was between -4.5 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
January 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
January 24 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
February 9 » World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
March 3 » World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
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