Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Helena de Vries (1918-1992)

Day of marriage June 22, 1942

• The temperature on June 22, 1942 was between 9.6 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
  • June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • August 9 » World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.

Day of death February 29, 1992

• The temperature on February 29, 1992 was between 2.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The USSMissouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
  • May 7 » Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
  • May 23 » Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
  • May 24 » The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
  • July 31 » Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
  • December 21 » A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.

Day of cremation March 5, 1992

• The temperature on March 5, 1992 was between 4.5 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 9 » The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
  • January 22 » Space Shuttle program: the space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
  • February 7 » The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
  • July 31 » Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
  • November 13 » The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
  • November 27 » For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Sidney Harmon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ruth Pitter, English poet and author (b. 1897)
• 1996 » Wes Farrell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
• 2000 » Dennis Danell, American guitarist (b. 1961)