Dreyer Tree » Hester Martha Aletta (Hettie Dreyer (1907-1990)

Day of marriage May 3, 1925

• The temperature on May 3, 1925 was between 3.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
  • February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
  • February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
  • April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
  • July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
  • September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.

Day of death January 12, 1990

• The temperature on January 12, 1990 was between -0.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  • March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
  • March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
  • April 9 » Thirteen thousand members of the Dene and Métis tribes sign a land claim agreement for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000sqmi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
  • July 21 » Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
  • December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
• 1988 » Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
• 1990 » Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical singer (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Gustav Naan, Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1919)