Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Frederik Bernardus Pril (1892-1957)

Day of marriage October 20, 1921

• The temperature on October 20, 1921 was between 11.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
  • March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
  • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
  • July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
  • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

Day of death December 11, 1957

• The temperature on December 11, 1957 was between -0.4 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
  • May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
  • July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
  • August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
  • August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
  • October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900)