Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johannes Bernardus Conen (1939-1953)

Day of death June 28, 1953

• The temperature on June 28, 1953 was between 15.9 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
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  • March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
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Source: Wikipedia

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