Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Kruizinga (1912-1976)

Day of marriage May 3, 1940

• The temperature on May 3, 1940 was between 7.6 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
  • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
  • June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
  • September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
  • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
  • October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.

Day of death December 17, 1976

• The temperature on December 17, 1976 was between -1.8 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
  • June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
  • July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
  • July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
  • November 24 » The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
  • December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1981 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1986 » Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)