Genealogy Drees-Snuijf-Retra Corstjens » Johan Willem ( Wim ) Scheltinga Koopman (1945-2019)

Birthday June 4, 1945

• The temperature on June 4, 1945 was between 10.3 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 8 » World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet inmates from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom by hijacking the camp commandant's Heinkel He 111.
  • February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
  • May 4 » World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
  • June 7 » King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
  • July 26 » World War II: HMSVestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
  • August 23 » World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".

Source: Wikipedia

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