Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Anna Maria Backs (1878-1952)

Christening day May 30, 1878

• The temperature on May 30, 1878 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
  • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
  • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
  • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
  • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Day of marriage May 25, 1906

• The temperature on May 25, 1906 was between 6.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Day of death October 31, 1952

• The temperature on October 31, 1952 was between 0.7 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
  • March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
  • April 9 » Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
  • May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
  • August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
  • October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)