Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Gesina Wehkamp (1906-1977)

Day of marriage January 4, 1929

• The temperature on January 4, 1929 was between -2.8 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
  • May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
  • June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
  • August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
  • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.

Day of death July 28, 1977

• The temperature on July 28, 1977 was between 10.8 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
  • June 10 » James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
  • July 21 » The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
  • August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
  • September 25 » About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
  • November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Helen Traubel, American soprano and actress (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
• 1979 » Don Miller, American football player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Rose Rand, Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Keith Green, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953)