Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Helena Kuhl (1886-1954)

Day of marriage April 12, 1918

• The temperature on April 12, 1918 was between 6.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
  • March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
  • July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
  • September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
  • November 1 » Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
  • December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

Day of death December 29, 1954

• The temperature on December 29, 1954 was between 7.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
  • February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
  • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
  • July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
  • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
• 1960 » Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)