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Personal data Petrus Johannes Dreyer 


Household of Petrus Johannes Dreyer

He is married to Helena Barendina de Wit.

They got married on February 29, 1928 at Durban, Natal, South Africa, he was 31 years old.


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    Historical events

    Birthday October 7, 1896

    • The temperature on October 7, 1896 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
      • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
      • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
      • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
      • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
      • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

    Day of marriage February 29, 1928

    • The temperature on February 29, 1928 was between 0.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
      • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
      • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
      • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
      • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
      • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

    Day of death August 16, 1957

    • The temperature on August 16, 1957 was between 12.7 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
      • March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
      • June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
      • June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
      • September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
      • November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
      • November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
    

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    • 1894 » Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director († 1970)
    • 1895 » Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author († 1980)
    • 1896 » Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager († 1964)
    • 1897 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader († 1975)
    • 1897 » Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician († 1947)

    Source: Wikipedia


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