Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Bernard Heinrich - Berend Alers (1923-2006)

Day of marriage September 21, 1948

• The temperature on September 21, 1948 was between 5.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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)
• 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.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
  • August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
  • September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
  • September 24 » The Honda Motor Company is founded.
  • October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
  • December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

Day of death August 15, 2006

• The temperature on August 15, 2006 was between 13.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • May 18 » The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
  • July 9 » One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
  • July 30 » The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
  • October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
  • November 21 » Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
  • December 28 » War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

Day of burial August 19, 2006

• The temperature on August 19, 2006 was between 14.9 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 12 » A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
  • March 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
  • June 3 » The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
  • November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
  • December 11 » Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
  • December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

Source: Wikipedia

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