Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Ger(r)ardus Herman Peter (1920-2011)

Day of marriage June 6, 1942

• The temperature on June 6, 1942 was between 11.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • April 23 » World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
  • June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
  • July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
  • August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
  • September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
  • November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.

Day of death March 13, 2011

• The temperature on March 13, 2011 was between 9.1 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five people were shot dead.
  • February 14 » As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
  • February 22 » Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
  • September 19 » Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.
  • November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
  • November 12 » A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the Revolutionary Guards members, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.

Day of cremation March 17, 2011

• The temperature on March 17, 2011 was between 4.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130km (81mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
  • May 1 » Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
  • May 13 » Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
  • June 1 » Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.
  • July 13 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.
  • August 26 » The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2009 » Alan W. Livingston, American businessman (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Betsy Blair, American actress (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
• 2011 » Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1951)
• 2014 » Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1944)
• 2014 » Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (b. 1928)