Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Albert Oost (1896-1977)

Day of marriage May 8, 1920

• The temperature on May 8, 1920 was between 5.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
  • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  • May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
  • August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
  • August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
  • October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.

Day of death December 5, 1977

• The temperature on December 5, 1977 was between -4.1 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Annie opens on Broadway.
  • June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
  • August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
  • September 5 » Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
  • September 27 » Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
  • November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

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• 1973 » Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Robert Aldrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)