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Household of Louis Coster
Notes about Louis Coster
Louis Coster was an adopted son. He was the son of Gonda Coster-Hamburg, who died in 1929. Gonda was a niece of Bernard Coster.
Louis Coster werd op 20 juni 1911 in Utrecht geboren. Hij was enig kind en verloor op zeer jonge leeftijd zijn vader, waardoor hij een moeilijke jeugd had. Bij een broer van zijn vader vond hij zijn tweede huis, zijn oom deed zeer veel voor hem. Zijn moeder overleed in 1929. Nadat Louis het Mulo-diploma had gekregen studeerde hij in Utrecht voor Middelbaar Engels A. Aan de Haagse school voor taal en letterkunde bereidde hij zich voor het B-diploma voor. Na het verkrijgen van deze bevoegdheid werd hij in Utrecht leraar aan de Bijzondere vijfjarige HBS op de Plompetorengracht en aan de RHBS aan de Kruisstraat. Hij had veel liefde voor zijn werk, was plichtsgetrouw, geestig en gulhartig. Toen hij als jood zijn ontslag kreeg, heeft hij daarna nog gelijktijdig in Hilversum en Leeuwarden les gegeven aan joodse leerlingen. Toen alle joden naar Amsterdam moesten verhuizen is hij samen met zijn pleegouders ook gegaan, in november 1942. Hij werd in het voorjaar van 1943 naar Westerbork gevoerd, vanwaar hij met zijn familie is weggevoerd. Hij werd op 16 april 1943 in Sobibor vermoord.
The temperature on June 20, 1911 was between 9.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death April 16, 1943
The temperature on April 16, 1943 was between 8.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
April 18 » World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
May 17 » World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
November 1 » World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
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