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.
  • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

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 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
  • April 8 » Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
  • April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
  • April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
  • August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
  • December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

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)