Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Willemtje de Jong (1896-1973)

Day of marriage July 2, 1921

• The temperature on July 2, 1921 was between 6.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
  • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
  • March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

Day of death November 15, 1973

• The temperature on November 15, 1973 was between 4.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
  • April 1 » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
  • September 11 » A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
  • September 19 » King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
  • October 16 » Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 1970 » Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)