Pedigree Plomp » Gerrit Willem van Herp (1914-1943)
Personal data Gerrit Willem van Herp
- He was born on November 7, 1914 in Rotterdam.
- He died on April 18, 1943 in Zeist, he was 28 years old.
- A child of Pieter van Herp and Wilhelmina Antonia Maas
- This information was last updated on February 18, 2020.
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Birthday November 7, 1914
- The temperature on November 7, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
- June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
- June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
- October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
- November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
- December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Day of death April 18, 1943
- The temperature on April 18, 1943 was between 8.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 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 year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
- May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
- June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
- August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
- October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
- October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
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