Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria Poelman (1894-1944)

Day of marriage March 20, 1913

• The temperature on March 20, 1913 was between 5.0 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
  • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

Day of death July 6, 1944

• The temperature on July 6, 1944 was between 12.0 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (72%). 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
  • June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
  • August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
  • September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
  • October 20 » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands.
  • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 » Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
• 1952 » Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
• 1959 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)