Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Anna Maria - Maria Oortman (1895-1982)

Day of marriage November 11, 1920

• The temperature on November 11, 1920 was between 0.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
  • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
  • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
  • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
  • August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio

Day of death December 13, 1982

• The average temperature on December 13, 1982 was -1.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
  • March 5 » Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.
  • March 26 » A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
  • April 21 » Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
  • May 21 » Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
  • August 29 » The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet and translator (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Jon Hall, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Ella Baker, American activist (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Heather Angel, British-American actress (b. 1909)