Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Gerhardus Henricus Brokmann (1909-1990)

Day of marriage July 30, 1932

• The temperature on July 30, 1932 was between 15.3 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
  • February 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
  • May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
  • August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
  • September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
  • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.

Day of death July 1, 1990

• The temperature on July 1, 1990 was between 12.8 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 13.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
  • March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
  • April 11 » Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
  • April 25 » Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
  • August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
  • September 9 » Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Michael Landon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Franco Cristaldi, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Merriam Modell, American author (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Ian Parkin, English guitarist (Be-Bop Deluxe) (b. 1950)
• 1995 » Wolfman Jack, American radio host (b. 1938)