Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Helena - Lenie Kuhl (1926-1997)

Day of marriage October 14, 1950

• The temperature on October 14, 1950 was between 6.6 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
  • March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
  • June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
  • June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
  • September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
  • December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

Day of death December 10, 1997

• The temperature on December 10, 1997 was between 10.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 18.4 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • August 25 » Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
  • August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
  • September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
  • October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
  • November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
  • December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.

Day of burial December 15, 1997

• The temperature on December 15, 1997 was between -1.4 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • February 7 » NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
  • June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
  • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
  • July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
  • July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
  • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.

Source: Wikipedia

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