Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Catharina Mansens (1903-1962)

Day of marriage April 21, 1928

• The temperature on April 21, 1928 was between -0.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

Day of death August 10, 1962

• The temperature on August 10, 1962 was between 13.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
  • July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
  • July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
  • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
  • September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
  • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1969 » János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (b. 1899)