Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Berend Wolters (1907-1991)

Day of marriage October 10, 1942

• The temperature on October 10, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
  • May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
  • July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
  • July 6 » Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
  • September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
  • October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

Day of death June 14, 1991

• The temperature on June 14, 1991 was between 10.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or 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 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
  • May 18 » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
  • May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
  • August 6 » Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • August 6 » Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
  • November 18 » After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Stanisław Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1990 » Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (b. 1900)
• 1991 » Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1994 » Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1942)
• 1994 » Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)