Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Adelheid Schmitz (1899-1973)

Christening day July 23, 1899

• The temperature on July 23, 1899 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

Day of death September 3, 1973

• The temperature on September 3, 1973 was between 15.7 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
  • March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
  • May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
  • July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • September 28 » The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
  • December 15 » The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 » Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (b. 1885)