Family tree Kaper » Arend Hendrik Damhoff (1893-1943)

Day of marriage June 8, 1918

• The temperature on June 8, 1918 was between 6.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
  • August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
  • August 27 » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
  • November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
  • December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

Day of death September 4, 1943

• The temperature on September 4, 1943 was between 8.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
  • May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
  • June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
  • October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
  • October 19 » The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
  • December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)