Dreyer Tree » Anna Christina Elizabeth (Ansie) "Ansie" Pietersen (Anna Christina Elizabeth (Ansie) "Ansie" Pietersen) Dreyer (1928-2002)

Day of marriage August 16, 1958

• The temperature on August 16, 1958 was between 14.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
  • May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
  • May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
  • November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
  • November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
  • December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

Day of death September 25, 2002

• The temperature on September 25, 2002 was between 8.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • May 7 » An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people.
  • May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
  • May 28 » The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
  • June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
  • July 27 » Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
  • October 11 » A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Edward Said, Palestinian-American philosopher and critic (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2003 » George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)