Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Aaltje Kuilman (1911-2006)

Day of marriage April 17, 1937

• The temperature on April 17, 1937 was between 7.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
  • April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
  • July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
  • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
  • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
  • December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

Day of death August 12, 2006

• The temperature on August 12, 2006 was between 11.1 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
  • February 16 » The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
  • March 25 » Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
  • June 29 » Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
  • July 1 » The first operation of Qinghai–Tibet Railway is conducted in China.
  • December 11 » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2005 » John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (b. 1946)
• 2006 » Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
• 2008 » Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954)