Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johan Herman - Johann Hermann Scheven (1895-1942)

Day of marriage November 28, 1916

• The temperature on November 28, 1916 was between -2.5 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
  • February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
  • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

Day of death August 22, 1942

• The temperature on August 22, 1942 was between 14.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
  • February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
  • October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)