Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jantje Bruintjes (1895-1988)

Day of marriage February 24, 1917

• The temperature on February 24, 1917 was between -0.5 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
  • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
  • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

Day of death June 2, 1988

• The temperature on June 2, 1988 was between 11.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
  • April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • May 16 » A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
  • July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
  • August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
  • September 18 » The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
• 1987 » Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 1988 » Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1907)