Tietze Family Tree » Shady Bell Harrington (1882-1943)

Day of death December 6, 1943

• The temperature on December 6, 1943 was between -7.3 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
  • April 30 » World War II: The British submarine HMSSeraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
  • May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
  • July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
  • September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
  • September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

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