Dreyer Tree » Hylton Desmond Dreyer (1912-1992)

Day of marriage July 23, 1940

• The temperature on July 23, 1940 was between 6.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
  • March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
  • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
  • June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
  • June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
  • October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

Day of death January 10, 1992

• The temperature on January 10, 1992 was between -1.8 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
  • April 8 » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
  • April 27 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
  • June 17 » A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
  • November 13 » The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
  • November 16 » The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
• 1992 » Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)