Dreyer Tree » Christiaan Lourens Dreyer (1913-)

Birthday November 1, 1913

• The temperature on November 1, 1913 was between 7.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Hans Mork, South African-Australian rugby league player († 1960)
• 1911 » Henri Troyat, French historian and author († 2007)
• 1911 » Mingun Sayadaw, Burmese monk and scholar († 1993)
• 1912 » Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author († 2012)
• 1914 » Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi († 2006)
• 1915 » Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter, poet, and educator, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History († 2010)