Dreyer Tree » Fredrik Thomas Dreyer (1915-1978)

Day of marriage April 20, 1937

• The temperature on April 20, 1937 was between 5.0 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 22.7 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
  • March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
  • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
  • April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
  • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
  • December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

Day of death January 23, 1978

• The temperature on January 23, 1978 was between -0.3 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
  • January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
  • March 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
  • July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
  • August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
  • August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.

Source: Wikipedia

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