Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Floris de Vink (1917-1944)

Day of death December 31, 1944

• The temperature on December 31, 1944 was between -2.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
  • August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German–Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.
  • August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
  • September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
  • November 19 » World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
  • December 22 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"