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Personal data Richard Overkamp
- He was born on April 17, 1917 in Salix, Iowa (VS).
- He died on December 5, 1942 in New Guinea, he was 25 years old.
- A child of Abraham Cornelis Overkamp and Cornelia Wierda
- This information was last updated on October 24, 2024.
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Birthday April 17, 1917
- The temperature on April 17, 1917 was between -0.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
- November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
Day of death December 5, 1942
- The temperature on December 5, 1942 was between -2.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
- January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
- May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
- September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
- October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
- October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
- December 2 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
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