Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Herman - Harm Robben (1920-2000)

Day of marriage June 20, 1949

• The temperature on June 20, 1949 was between 8.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
  • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
  • March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
  • April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
  • December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

Day of death April 11, 2000

• The temperature on April 11, 2000 was between -2.4 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
  • July 2 » Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
  • October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
  • October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
  • November 9 » Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
  • December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.

Day of burial April 15, 2000

• The temperature on April 15, 2000 was between 5.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
  • April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
  • May 2 » President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
  • July 17 » During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, killing 60 people.
  • October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
  • November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (b. 1899)
• 1997 » Wang Xiaobo, contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist (b. 1952)
• 1999 » William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
• 2001 » Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (b. 1921)
• 2003 » Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (b. 1900)