Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Evertje Oosting (1912-2004)

Day of marriage May 9, 1936

• The temperature on May 9, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
  • June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
  • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
  • November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
  • December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Day of death April 30, 2004

• The temperature on April 30, 2004 was between 11.9 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 28 » Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
  • March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
  • April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
  • April 22 » Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
  • July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
  • August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2002 » Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Mark Berger, American economist and academic (b. 1955)
• 2003 » Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925)