Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johan Bernard - Jans Gepken (1911-1999)

Day of marriage October 17, 1936

• The temperature on October 17, 1936 was between 9.5 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
  • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
  • June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
  • December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

Day of death April 2, 1999

• The temperature on April 2, 1999 was between 8.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
  • June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
  • September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
  • November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
  • December 31 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.

Day of burial April 7, 1999

• The temperature on April 7, 1999 was between 7.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
  • April 5 » Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
  • April 7 » The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
  • July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
  • October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
  • November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
• 2001 » Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
• 2002 » John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)