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Birthday April 11, 1944

• The temperature on April 11, 1944 was between 2.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
  • June 4 » World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
  • September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
  • September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
  • November 10 » The ammunition ship USSMount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
  • December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 2014)
• 1943 » Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer († 2019)
• 1943 » John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
• 1944 » John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Peter Barfuß, German footballer
• 1945 » John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic