Descendants Walther - Riem Vis » Paulina van Deijl (1908-1945)

Day of marriage May 22, 1940

• The temperature on May 22, 1940 was between 9.1 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
  • June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
  • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
  • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
  • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
  • November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

Day of death March 21, 1945

• The temperature on March 21, 1945 was between 3.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (73%). 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
  • April 25 » United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
  • May 1 » World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.
  • July 26 » World War II: The USSIndianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.
  • August 8 » The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
  • December 19 » John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason.

Day of burial March 22, 1945

• The temperature on March 22, 1945 was between 0.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 27 » World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
  • March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
  • April 6 » World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
  • April 9 » Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
  • May 6 » World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
  • September 5 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

Source: Wikipedia

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