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Birthday October 9, 1944

• The temperature on October 9, 1944 was between 10.1 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
  • March 10 » Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
  • August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
  • August 20 » World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
  • October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
  • November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author († 2012)
• 1943 » Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer and coach
• 1943 » Mike Peters, American cartoonist
• 1944 » John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer († 2002)
• 1944 » Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1944 » Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician