Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Margaretha - Margareta Jansen (1871-1969)

Christening day July 7, 1871

• The temperature on July 7, 1871 was about 24.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
  • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
  • April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
  • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
  • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
  • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

Day of marriage June 4, 1895

• The temperature on June 4, 1895 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
  • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
  • August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
  • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
  • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

Day of death January 5, 1969

• The temperature on January 5, 1969 was between -2.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
  • June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
  • November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
  • November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Turkish physician and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)