Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Gesina - Mieke Koiter (1929-2012)

Day of marriage April 29, 1950

• The temperature on April 29, 1950 was between 4.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
  • September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
  • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
  • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
  • December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.
  • December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

Day of death October 20, 2012

• The temperature on October 20, 2012 was between 13.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • April 27 » At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
  • June 13 » A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
  • June 23 » Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
  • July 12 » A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
  • August 5 » The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
  • December 26 » China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.

Day of burial October 26, 2012

• The temperature on October 26, 2012 was between 0.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • March 11 » A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
  • April 16 » The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
  • April 30 » An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people.
  • June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
  • September 11 » A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
  • September 11 » The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

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