Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Willem van Petten (1923-1943)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem van Petten

Willem van Petten
1854-1936
Poulina Stam
????-1939
Pieter HEMERIK
1860-1928
Mechelina Cornelia Alberse
1862-1951

Willem van Petten
1923-1943


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Historical events

Birthday July 20, 1923

  • The temperature on July 20, 1923 was between 13.5 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
    • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
    • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
    • September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
    • October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
    • November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

Day of death November 6, 1943

  • The temperature on November 6, 1943 was between -4.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 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 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
    • 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 30 » World War II: The British submarine HMSSeraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
    • July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
    • August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
    • October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.

About the surname Van Petten


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