Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johann Bernard - Bernhard Suhlmann (1903-1969)

Christening day March 13, 1903

• The temperature on March 13, 1903 was between -1.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (52%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
  • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of marriage January 8, 1924

• The temperature on January 8, 1924 was between -7.4 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
  • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
  • December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

Day of death July 21, 1969

• The temperature on July 21, 1969 was between 14.9 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
  • January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
  • April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
  • July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
  • November 21 » U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
  • December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)