Family tree de Crom » Johanna Martina Maria van Broekhoven (1943-2021)

Birthday May 18, 1943

• The temperature on May 18, 1943 was between 6.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 15 » World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov: The Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
  • June 25 » The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • July 23 » The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
  • 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 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.

Source: Wikipedia

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