Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Klement (1916-1976)

Day of marriage May 3, 1936

• The temperature on May 3, 1936 was between 5.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
  • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

Day of death February 7, 1976

• The temperature on February 7, 1976 was between -4.1 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
  • April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
  • May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  • June 16 » Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
  • September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
  • December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)