Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Elizabeth Kracht (1907-1971)

Day of marriage December 8, 1928

• The temperature on December 8, 1928 was between -2.0 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Day of death February 4, 1971

• The temperature on February 4, 1971 was between 6.0 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.
  • March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
  • May 26 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • August 9 » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
  • October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
  • November 30 » Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)
• 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)