Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Hilligje de Vries (1926-2013)

Day of marriage October 4, 1947

• The temperature on October 4, 1947 was between 1.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
  • August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

Day of death February 3, 2013

• The temperature on February 3, 2013 was between 2.2 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • January 29 » SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
  • March 19 » A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
  • April 19 » Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
  • September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
  • October 15 » The 7.2 M_w Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.
  • December 14 » A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Cardiss Collins, American politician (b. 1931)
• 2013 » Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (b. 1954)
• 2013 » James Muri, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer (b. 1921)