Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Gesina - Sien Wessel (1921-2016)

Day of death January 6, 2016

• The temperature on January 6, 2016 was between 1.6 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
  • February 11 » A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
  • March 16 » A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.
  • April 3 » The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
  • August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
  • October 13 » The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Day of burial January 12, 2016

• The temperature on January 12, 2016 was between 4.7 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
  • April 10 » The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
  • May 23 » Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
  • November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
  • December 7 » Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
  • December 9 » At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.

Source: Wikipedia

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