Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Anna Margaretha Poker (1921-1988)

Day of marriage November 10, 1947

• The temperature on November 10, 1947 was between 8.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
  • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
  • December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

Day of death November 11, 1988

• The temperature on November 11, 1988 was between 12.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
  • March 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
  • March 16 » Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
  • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (b. 1897)
• 1988 » William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Alexis Minotis, Greek actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1990 » Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Sadi Irmak, Turkish physician and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)