Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Janna Nieboer (1892-1967)

Day of marriage May 2, 1914

• The temperature on May 2, 1914 was between 0.1 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
  • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Day of death July 31, 1967

• The temperature on July 31, 1967 was between 16.9 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
  • April 24 » Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
  • June 5 » The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
  • September 20 » RMSQueen Elizabeth 2 is launched Clydebank, Scotland.
  • November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
  • December 21 » Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)
• 1972 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)