Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Trijntje Stelwagen (1908-1985)

Day of marriage December 28, 1933

• The temperature on December 28, 1933 was between -0.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
  • January 5 » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
  • January 24 » The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
  • February 25 » Launch of the USSRanger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
  • February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
  • September 26 » As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

Day of death October 22, 1985

• The temperature on October 22, 1985 was between 2.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
  • February 19 » Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
  • April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
  • November 15 » The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
  • November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.
  • November 19 » Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (b. 1894)
• 1986 » Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Jane Dornacker, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1943)
• 1986 » Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (b. 1897)
• 1987 » Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (b. 1919)