Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Gesina Gerdes (1916-2003)

Day of marriage September 29, 1934

• The temperature on September 29, 1934 was between 14.4 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
  • May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  • August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
  • September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
  • November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
  • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

Day of death August 10, 2003

• The temperature on August 10, 2003 was between 16.3 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
  • February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
  • March 6 » Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
  • August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
  • August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
  • September 12 » The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1999 » Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television presenter (b. 1928)
• 2000 » Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2002 » Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)