Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Gerard Heinrich Menke (1896-1961)

Day of marriage January 30, 1920

• The temperature on January 30, 1920 was between 2.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
  • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
  • May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
  • June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
  • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
  • October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

Day of death July 16, 1961

• The temperature on July 16, 1961 was between 9.2 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
  • February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
  • May 14 » Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
  • July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
  • August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
  • December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)