Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Grietje Baas (1844-1928)

Day of marriage December 28, 1911

• The temperature on December 28, 1911 was between -0.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Day of death June 16, 1928

• The temperature on June 16, 1928 was between 7.0 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)