Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johann Bern(h)ard Kathmann (1873-1952)

Christening day September 25, 1873

• The temperature on September 25, 1873 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
  • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
  • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
  • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
  • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
  • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

Day of death April 12, 1952

• The temperature on April 12, 1952 was between 9.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
  • June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
  • August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
  • November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
  • December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)