Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Hendrik - Johann Heinrich - Heinrich Mulderij (1890-1931)

Day of marriage August 19, 1920

• The temperature on August 19, 1920 was between 9.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 15.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
  • February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

Day of death January 27, 1931

• The temperature on January 27, 1931 was between -0.8 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
  • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
  • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
  • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)