Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Ebelina de Graaf (1917-2003)

Day of marriage September 21, 1935

• The temperature on September 21, 1935 was between 10.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
  • February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
  • March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
  • December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
  • December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

Day of death January 21, 2003

• The temperature on January 21, 2003 was between 6.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
  • February 1 » Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
  • March 16 » American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah trying to obstruct the demolition of a home by being run over by a bulldozer.
  • August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
  • September 12 » The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
  • December 7 » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 2005 » John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)