Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Anna Suelmann (1898-1959)

Day of marriage April 22, 1920

• The temperature on April 22, 1920 was between -0.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
  • January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
  • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  • May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

Day of death October 11, 1959

• The temperature on October 11, 1959 was between 7.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
  • February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
  • May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
  • July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
  • September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
  • November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)