Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Willem Jeurissen (1863-1946)

Day of marriage August 27, 1889

• The temperature on August 27, 1889 was about 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Day of death September 25, 1946

• The temperature on September 25, 1946 was between 9.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
  • February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
  • July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
  • July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
  • August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
  • December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (b. 1909)
• 1958 » John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1878)