Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Hillechien Gebert (1912-2003)

Day of marriage July 13, 1935

• The temperature on July 13, 1935 was between 14.6 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
  • April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
  • December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
  • December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
  • December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
  • December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

Day of death May 11, 2003

• The temperature on May 11, 2003 was between 6.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
  • May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  • June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
  • June 10 » The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
  • July 13 » French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
  • July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
• 2003 » Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)
• 2006 » Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)