Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Berend Harms (1908-1962)

Day of marriage May 7, 1932

• The temperature on May 7, 1932 was between -1.9 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
  • January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
  • January 28 » Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
  • February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
  • October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
  • November 24 » In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.

Day of death October 4, 1962

• The temperature on October 4, 1962 was between 6.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
  • January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
  • April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
  • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
  • August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
  • October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).

Day of burial October 9, 1962

• The temperature on October 9, 1962 was between 7.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
  • March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
  • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
  • August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
  • October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
  • November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

Source: Wikipedia

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