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Personal data Thomas Dreyer van der Spuy f1g1 


Household of Thomas Dreyer van der Spuy f1g1

He is married to Kathleen Mary Louw.

They got married on September 4, 1928 at Drieankerbaai, Goodwood, Kaapprovinsie, Suid-Afrika, he was 41 years old.


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  • The temperature on September 26, 1886 was about 15.4 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
    • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
    • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
    • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
  • The temperature on September 4, 1928 was between 8.2 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
    • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
    • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
    • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
    • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
    • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
  • The temperature on September 29, 1945 was between 5.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 18 » World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
    • February 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
    • February 13 » World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
    • April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
    • April 25 » The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
    • September 2 » World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USSMissouri in Tokyo Bay.


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