Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Geertruida Wachtmeester (1896-1982)

Day of marriage May 30, 1918

• The temperature on May 30, 1918 was between 3.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
  • September 29 » The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
  • September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
  • October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
  • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
  • November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

Day of death February 19, 1982

• The temperature on February 19, 1982 was between -3.1 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • May 4 » Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMSSheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
  • July 4 » Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
  • October 8 » Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
  • October 8 » Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
  • October 28 » The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
  • November 13 » The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Anthony Crosland, English captain and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1918)
• 1977 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1983 » Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1988 » André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)