Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Cornelia de Vries (1892-1964)

Day of marriage May 20, 1922

• The temperature on May 20, 1922 was between 7.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
  • June 17 » Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
  • July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
  • October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
  • November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
  • December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.

Day of death February 19, 1964

• The temperature on February 19, 1964 was between -6.9 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
  • May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
  • June 12 » Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
  • December 11 » Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)