Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Gezina Scholte (1891-1976)

Day of marriage May 29, 1917

• The temperature on May 29, 1917 was between 9.5 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

Day of death December 30, 1976

• The temperature on December 30, 1976 was between -9.7 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
  • January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
  • March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
  • June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
  • July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
  • October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.

Day of burial January 4, 1977

• The temperature on January 4, 1977 was between -1.5 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
  • March 9 » The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
  • May 14 » A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
  • September 20 » Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
  • November 25 » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
  • December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
• 1971 » Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1919)
• 1979 » Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Violette Cordery, English race car driver (b. 1900)