Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johannes Henderikus - Rieks Kuhl (1920-1995)

Day of marriage February 14, 1975

• The temperature on February 14, 1975 was between -0.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • March 10 » Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
  • April 2 » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
  • June 25 » Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
  • July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
  • July 30 » Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
  • December 6 » The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

Day of death August 19, 1995

• The temperature on August 19, 1995 was between 15.8 °C and 31.6 °C and averaged 23.9 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • May 24 » While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Harewood, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.
  • July 6 » In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
  • July 25 » A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
  • August 15 » In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
  • October 15 » Marco Campos dies in a race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, the only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series.
  • October 30 » Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

Day of cremation August 23, 1995

• The temperature on August 23, 1995 was between 16.4 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
  • May 24 » While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Harewood, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.
  • July 21 » Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
  • October 26 » An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, 20 of whom died.
  • November 6 » Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
  • December 3 » Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Utpal Dutt, Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1995 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet, author, and educator (b. 1948)
• 2000 » Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933)