Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Femmigje - Femia van der Weide (1907-1993)

Day of marriage October 26, 1932

• The temperature on October 26, 1932 was between 8.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 15.9 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
  • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
  • September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
  • October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.

Day of death November 21, 1993

• The temperature on November 21, 1993 was between -5.7 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • April 21 » The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
  • June 25 » Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
  • July 29 » The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
  • August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
  • October 4 » Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
  • October 30 » The Troubles: Loyalists carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland, killing six Catholics and two Protestants.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1956)
• 1993 » Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934)
• 1994 » Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)
• 1995 » Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)