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Birthday March 11, 1943

• The temperature on March 11, 1943 was between 0.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. 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.
  • January 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
  • February 16 » World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
  • March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • July 25 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
  • July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter († 2019)
• 1942 » Joel Steiger, American director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian and author († 2015)
• 1943 » Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver
• 1945 » Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1945 » Harvey Mandel, American guitarist