Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Anna Margaretha Keuter (1922-2003)

Day of marriage August 25, 1942

• The temperature on August 25, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
  • February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
  • March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
  • May 10 » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
  • August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
  • September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.

Day of death December 2, 2003

• The temperature on December 2, 2003 was between 2.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
  • August 14 » A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
  • August 19 » A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
  • August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
  • October 31 » Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

Day of cremation December 5, 2003

• The temperature on December 5, 2003 was between 3.4 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
  • May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
  • July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
  • September 12 » Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
  • September 25 » The 8.3 M_w  Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2003 » Alan Davidson, British soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (b. 1930)