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| 1 | 1917 | - 17 Jun 1917: Gezina Schopman passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 2 | 1918 | - 15 Mar 1918: Harm Hendrik Stegehuis passes away in Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland.
- 29 Aug 1918: Frederikus Nijhuis passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 3 | 1919 | - 4 Apr 1919: Johan Wilhelm Dik passes away in Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.
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| 4 | 1928 | - 27 Aug 1928: Maria Schoenmaker passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 5 | 1931 | - 28 Mar 1931: Johanna Christina Veltrop passes away in Lindloh, Haren, Emsland, Niederesachsen, Deutschland.
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| 6 | 1935 | - 23 Nov 1935: Gerrit Jan Stegehuis passes away in Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland.
- 23 Nov 1935: Gerrit Jan Stegehuis passes away in Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 7 | 1943 | - 5 Jul 1943: De Slag om Koersk
De Slag om Koersk (Russisch: Курская битва; Koerskaja bitva) of Operatie Citadel (Duits: Unternehmen Zitadelle) was de grootste tankslag ooit in de geschiedenis en een beslissende slag aan het oostfront in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Deze slag kende tevens de dag met de grootste verliezen in de geschiedenis van de luchtoorlog.
De slag vond plaats in juli en augustus 1943 tussen nazi-Duitsland en de Sovjet-Unie bij de stad Koersk in Rusland. Bij de slag werden aan Duitse zijde 900.000 man infanterie, 2.700 tanks en 2.000 vliegtuigen ingezet en aan de Sovjetzijde 1.300.000 man infanterie, 3.600 tanks en 2.400 vliegtuigen.
Volgens de oorspronkelijke plannen zouden de Duitsers in mei aanvallen. Hitler stond er echter op dat de aanval uitgesteld werd tot zijn nieuwe wonderwapens gereed waren: De Panther- en de Elefant-tanks. Op 2 juli 1943 meldde Hitler dat het offensief op 5 juli van start zou gaan. De meeste Duitse generaals vonden dat de aanval al veel eerder had moeten plaatsvinden, want uit luchtverkenningen was gebleken wat hen inmiddels te wachten stond. De generaals vreesden ook dat er na verloop van tijd troepen nodig waren om een invasie in het Middellandse Zeegebied te bestrijden. De Russen hadden het vermoeden dat de aanval tussen 3 en 6 juli zou plaatsvinden. Toen ze op 4 juli zagen dat de Duitsers hun prikkeldraad en mijnen begonnen te verwijderen, gaf generaal Rokossovski het bevel om de Duitsers met vliegtuigen en artillerie te beschieten. De Duitsers begonnen ook terug te schieten.
- 5 Jul 1943: Battle of Kursk
Operation Citadel was the last great German push against Russia during WWII. It turned into the Battle of Kursk, the greatest tank battle in history. Due to stubborn Russian resistance and Hitler’s change of heart; it was a costly failure.
On July 5, 1943, the Germans finally launched their attack.
They had amassed huge resources for Operation Citadel. 65% of the aircraft and 70% of the tanks on the entire Eastern front were deployed for the offensive. 50 divisions, totaling 900,000 troops, accompanied 2,700 tanks and assault guns as they rumbled toward the Soviet lines. Massive Tiger tanks gave them the extra firepower to punch through the armor of Soviet vehicles. It was a massive, carefully planned operation.
As was the Soviet response. Between the efforts of the Lucy spy ring and their observations in the field, the Soviets identified when the attack was coming. As the Germans prepared, their opponents unleashed a tremendous artillery barrage, smashing German forces as they waited.
At 5 AM, the advance began. Wedges of Panzers charged into the fire of the waiting Soviets, with infantry following behind. The skies were filled with the roar of engines and weapons as opposing aircraft attempted to eliminate each other.
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| 8 | 1945 | - 5 Jun 1945: Johanna Angela Maria is born in Almelo, The Netherlands
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| 9 | 1947 | - 5 Apr 1947: Angela Johanna Wilhelmina Maria is born in Almelo, The Netherlands
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| 10 | 1949 | - 5 Jan 1949: U.S. President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
- 17 Jan 1949: The first Volkswagen Beetle to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought over to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models will be sold in America that year, convincing Volkswagen chairman Heinrich Nordhoff that the car has no future in the U.S. (The VW Beetle goes on to become the greatest automobile phenomenon in American history.)
- 25 Jan 1949: Forces from the Communist Party of China enter Beijing.
- 25 Jan 1949: In the first Israeli election, David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister
- 26 Jan 1949: Australian citizenship comes into being.
- 1 Mar 1949: Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch
- 1 Apr 1949: Bernardus Wilhelmus Hendrikus Nijhuis is born in Almelo (Bornsestraat) , Overijssel, Nederland
- 1 Apr 1949: Éire leaves the British Commonwealth and becomes the Republic of Ireland
- 4 Apr 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., creating the NATO defense alliance
- 20 Apr 1949: The Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst (U16) goes up the Yangtze River to evacuate British Commonwealth refugees escaping the advance of Mao's communist forces. Under heavy fire it runs aground off Rose Island. After an aborted rescue attempt on April 26 it anchors 10 miles upstream. Negotiations with the communist forces to let the ship leave drag on for weeks.
- 28 Apr 1949: India issues the London Declaration, enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth', and renaming the organisation as the 'Commonwealth of Nations'
- 5 May 1949: The Council of Europe is founded by the signing of the Treaty of London.
- 11 May 1949: Israel is admitted to the U.N. as its 59th member
- 23 May 1949: The Federal Republic of Germany is established
- 24 May 1949: Bieuwkje Jannes Lodenstein passes away in Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.
- 29 Jun 1949: Apartheid: The South African Citizenship Act suspends the granting of citizenship to British Commonwealth immigrants after 5 years and imposes a ban on mixed marriages
- 20 Jul 1949: Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their 19-month war
- 29 Jul 1949: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, code named "Joe 1." Its design imitates the American plutonium bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.
- 28 Aug 1949: The last 6 surviving veterans of the American Civil War meet in Indianapolis.
- 6 Sep 1949: Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to Germany
- 7 Sep 1949: The Federal Republic of Germany is officially founded. Konrad Adenauer is the first federal chancellor
- 13 Sep 1949: The Soviet Union vetoes United Nations membership for Ceylon, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Jordan and Portugal
- 29 Sep 1949: The First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves a design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China
- 1 Oct 1949: The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed
- 7 Oct 1949: The Democratic Republic of Germany DDR is established officially
- 15 Nov 1949: Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi
- 10 Dec 1949: Robert Gordon (Bob) Menzies elected in Australia
- 16 Dec 1949: Sukarno is elected president of the Republic of Indonesia
- 27 Dec 1949: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty
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| 11 | 1950 | - 19 Mar 1950: Anna Gezina Dik passes away in Odoorn, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland.
- 30 Mar 1950: Maria Dik passes away in Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.
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| 12 | 1952 | - Nov 1952: J.F.A. Nijhuis & family emigrated to Australia
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| 13 | 1953 | - 1953: The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 1,835 people in the southwestern Netherlands (especially Zeeland), 307 in the United Kingdom and several hundred at sea, including 133 on the ferry Princess Victoria in the Irish Sea.
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| 14 | 1956 | - 6 Nov 1956: Berend Vrielink passes away in Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 15 | 1958 | - 12 Mar 1958: Hendrikus Bernardus Johannes Nijhuis is born in Oakleigh Street, East Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
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| 16 | 1968 | - 25 Nov 1968: Bernardus Wilhelmus Hendrikus Nijhuis returned to Holland on board t.s. Castle Felice voyage 98 n.b. to Southampton
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| 17 | 1970 | - 20 May 1970: Bernardus Wilhelmus Hendrikus Nijhuis conscripted into Royal Netherlands Armed Forces;
103CV - The Huzaars of Boreel.
- Sep 1970: Bernardus Wilhelmus Hendrikus Nijhuis posted to Seedorf Army Barracks. Zeven, Rotenburg, Niedersachsen,Deutschland
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| 18 | 1971 | - Apr 1971: Engagement Bernardus Wilhelmus Hendrikus Nijhuis Nijhuis to Jitske Johanna Vrielink.
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| 19 | 1972 | - 22 Sep 1972: Bernardus Wilhelmus Hendrikus Nijhuis & Jitske Johanna Vrielink are married in Almelo The Netherlands.
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| 20 | 1975 | - 20 Jul 1975: Robert John Theo Nijhuis is born in Almelo, The Netherlands.
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| 21 | 1978 | - 11 Feb 1978: Mark William Nijhuis is born in Almelo, The Netherlands
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1916 - 1995 (78 years)
