Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Anna Maria - Annie Bols (1915-1991)

Day of marriage November 1, 1938

• The temperature on November 1, 1938 was between 2.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
  • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
  • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

Day of death November 7, 1991

• The temperature on November 7, 1991 was between 7.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 15.9 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  • April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
  • July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
  • August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
  • October 17 » 1991 Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who exploded two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.
  • October 26 » Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

Day of burial November 9, 1991

• The temperature on November 9, 1991 was between 3.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
  • July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
  • August 20 » Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
  • October 14 » Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist, (b. 1912)
• 1990 » Tom Clancy, Irish singer and actor, (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (b. 1921)
• 1992 » Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (b. 1927)
• 1993 » Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1901)