Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Matje Bos (1895-1987)

Day of marriage August 23, 1917

• The temperature on August 23, 1917 was between 15.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
  • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
  • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

Day of death July 10, 1987

• The temperature on July 10, 1987 was between 8.2 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  • April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
  • May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
  • June 19 » Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
  • August 31 » Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
  • October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (b. 1950)
• 1986 » Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1940)
• 1987 » John Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (b. 1901)
• 1993 » Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)