Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Berend Muller (1883-1963)

Day of marriage May 15, 1913

• The temperature on May 15, 1913 was between 8.2 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
  • December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
  • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Day of death June 6, 1963

• The temperature on June 6, 1963 was between 12.8 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
  • May 3 » The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.
  • May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
  • July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
  • October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
  • December 31 » The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1934)
• 1962 » Yves Klein, French painter (b. 1928)
• 1963 » William Baziotes, American painter and academic (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Randolph Churchill, English journalist and politician (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)