Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Hermanus Henderikus - Herman Lübbers (1909-1984)

Day of marriage December 28, 1954

• The temperature on December 28, 1954 was between 7.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• 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.
  • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
  • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
  • August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
  • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
  • October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.

Day of death August 12, 1984

• The temperature on August 12, 1984 was between 14.9 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
  • February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
  • March 6 » In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.
  • September 14 » Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • October 16 » Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • October 19 » A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.

Day of burial August 16, 1984

• The temperature on August 16, 1984 was between 10.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
  • July 1 » The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
  • July 28 » Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
  • September 2 » Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
  • October 12 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
  • November 27 » Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
• 1983 » Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1985 » Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)