Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Fokke Annes Zwart (1853-1933)

Day of marriage January 11, 1927

• The temperature on January 11, 1927 was between 6.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  • August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
  • September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

Day of death January 11, 1933

• The temperature on January 11, 1933 was between -0.1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
  • February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
  • March 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
  • March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
  • August 7 » The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.
  • December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1928 » Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)