Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan de Vries (1889-1970)

Day of marriage April 24, 1913

• The temperature on April 24, 1913 was between 2.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
  • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
  • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Day of death January 21, 1970

• The temperature on January 21, 1970 was between -4.8 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
  • April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
  • July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • September 8 » Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
  • November 13 » Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
  • November 14 » Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)