Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Trijntje Smit (1897-1982)

Day of marriage November 12, 1921

• The temperature on November 12, 1921 was between -1.7 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
  • February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
  • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
  • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
  • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
  • November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

Day of death November 6, 1982

• The temperature on November 6, 1982 was between 4.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
  • May 25 » Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
  • July 8 » A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
  • October 8 » Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
  • November 14 » Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
  • December 3 » A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)