Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Geert Bos (1918-1995)

Day of marriage August 9, 1941

• The temperature on August 9, 1941 was between 10.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
  • April 15 » In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.
  • July 4 » World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
  • July 31 » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
  • December 1 » World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
  • December 21 » World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.

Day of death February 1, 1995

• The temperature on February 1, 1995 was between 7.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
  • May 24 » While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Harewood, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.
  • June 5 » The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
  • June 24 » Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
  • July 5 » Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • December 19 » The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)
• 1992 » Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1997 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 1999 » Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 2001 » André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1929)