Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Femmigje Gort (1877-1967)

Day of marriage August 12, 1921

• The temperature on August 12, 1921 was between 8.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
  • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
  • October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Day of death April 3, 1967

• The temperature on April 3, 1967 was between 4.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
  • January 14 » The New York Times reports that the U.S. Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments.
  • May 13 » Dr. Zakir Husain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
  • July 6 » Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
  • July 29 » During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
  • October 27 » Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
• 1962 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)