Family tree Jacobs » Joseph Johannes van Hattum (1924-1943)

Day of death October 23, 1943

• The temperature on October 23, 1943 was between 11.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
  • February 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
  • April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
  • May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
  • September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
  • September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

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