Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jantje Sterken (1896-1989)

Day of marriage July 25, 1931

• The temperature on July 25, 1931 was between 14.0 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death November 26, 1989

• The temperature on November 26, 1989 was between 1.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • January 20 » George H. W. Bush is inaugurated the 41st President of the United States of America.
  • May 29 » Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
  • August 19 » Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
  • September 4 » In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
  • November 7 » Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
  • November 27 » Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » J. P. Guilford, American psychologist and academic (b. 1897)
• 1987 » Peter Hujar, American photographer (b. 1934)
• 1987 » Thomas George Lanphier, Jr., American colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
• 1991 » Ed Heinemann, American engineer (b. 1908)