Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Hermann Heinrich Clemens Menke (1884-1980)

Christening day November 23, 1884

• The temperature on November 23, 1884 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

Day of marriage February 25, 1927

• The temperature on February 25, 1927 was between 0.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
  • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
  • October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.

Day of death October 16, 1980

• The temperature on October 16, 1980 was between 4.6 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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)
• 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
  • June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
  • July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
  • August 2 » A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
  • August 19 » Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
  • November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Dan Dailey, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)