Dreyer Tree » Petrus Johannes Dreyer (1896-1957)

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.
      • January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
      • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
      • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
      • September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
      • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
      • December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

    Day of marriage February 29, 1928

    • The temperature on February 29, 1928 was between 0.6 °C and 7.2 °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 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
      • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
      • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
      • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
      • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
      • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

    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 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
      • April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
      • April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
      • June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
      • September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
      • October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
    

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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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