Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Hendrik Wehkamp (1894-1961)

Day of marriage May 16, 1918

• The temperature on May 16, 1918 was between 9.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
  • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
  • October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
  • November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
  • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

Day of death July 9, 1961

• The temperature on July 9, 1961 was between 12.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
  • March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
  • March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
  • March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
  • April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
  • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.

Day of burial July 13, 1961

• The temperature on July 13, 1961 was between 10.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
  • February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
  • March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
  • August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
  • October 30 » Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
  • December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1959 » Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
• 1961 » Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(b. 1901)
• 1962 » Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1897)
• 1967 » Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (b. 1874)