Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Adelheid - Maria Angela Wösten (1885-1973)

Christening day April 27, 1885

• The temperature on April 27, 1885 was about 13.5 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Day of marriage May 10, 1910

• The temperature on May 10, 1910 was between -0.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.

Day of death October 25, 1973

• The temperature on October 25, 1973 was between 2.1 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
  • June 20 » Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
  • July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
  • October 25 » Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
  • November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
  • December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.

Day of burial October 29, 1973

• The temperature on October 29, 1973 was between 2.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • March 25 » Ireland gets a new newspaper called Sunday World.
  • June 23 » A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
  • September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
  • October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
  • November 25 » Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
  • December 6 » The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Mikhail Yangel, Soviet missile designer (b. 1911)
• 1972 » Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1973 » Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
• 1973 » Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1973 » Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (b. 1891)
• 1975 » Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)