Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Willem Mensen (1910-1992)

Day of marriage November 14, 1936

• The temperature on November 14, 1936 was between 2.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
  • April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
  • May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
  • October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

Day of death March 15, 1992

• The temperature on March 15, 1992 was between 2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
  • January 20 » Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
  • February 15 » Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes near Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, killing all four people on board.
  • February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
  • May 9 » Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • May 21 » After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.

Day of burial March 20, 1992

• The temperature on March 20, 1992 was between 8.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • September 17 » An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
  • October 4 » El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
  • October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • November 16 » The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
  • November 23 » The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • November 25 » The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926)
• 1989 » Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet and politician (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)
• 1990 » Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Rahi Masoom Raza, Indian Urdu poet (b.1927)